Abstract: An electrical connector includes stab portions and a cam for urging a wire cord into contact therewith. The cam mounts in a tubular housing which is telescopically receivable in a sleeve. The cam and housing coact such that the cam head tends to move outwardly from the housing when the cam is moved to a position to release the wire cord, and this is prevented by the sleeve. As a corollary, if the cam is turned away from its wire locking position, the housing cannot be engaged with the sleeve. The sleeve acts as a conduit for the wire cord, whereby the cord tends to anchor the housing in telescoped position in the sleeve, to prevent unauthorized tampering with the connector.

Abstract: A one-piece rotary drill or end milling cutter is an extruded product made of sintered hard metal. The front end portion of its shank has one or more cutting edges and its rear end portion tapers in a direction away from the front end portion and is receivable with friction in a complementary conical socket of a rotary holder. The shank has one or more longitudinally extending coolant holes with a circular or triangular cross-sectional outline, and such hole or holes are formed in the course of the extruding step. The periperhal surface of the shank has one or more longitudinally extending chip evacuating grooves, and those portions of the grooves which are formed in the rear end portion of the shank contain fillers of bondable plastic material or solder.

Abstract: A twist drill having a longitudinal axis and major flanks ground by helical face grinding by means of a grinding wheel having a grinding face perpendicular to its axis of rotation and a circumferential profile, each major flank terminating in a cutting edge and having a surface which defines a clearance angle relative to the cutting edge wherein: the drill has an outer diameter and a central solid core having a thickness equal to 25% to 40% of the outer diameter; and each major flank is ground by a grinding operation performed by rotating the grinding wheel while its grinding face forms the major flank, effecting angular movement of the drill about its longitudinal axis and relative to the axis of rotation of the grinding wheel, effecting relative radial movement between the grinding wheel and the drill in the direction perpendicular to the drill axis and away from the axis of rotation of the grinding wheel, and effecting axial movement of the drill along its longitudinal axis toward the grinding wheel in a p

Abstract: Indicator device for determining the distance between a workpiece set up in a working machine, and a tool set up in said machine. The device comprises a lower portion (2) with an underside (13) which is adapted to lie against the workpiece, and an upper portion (1) with a topside (8) against which the tool is intended to come into contact, the topside being parallel to the underside (13) of the lower portion and movable towards the underside against the efect of a resilient force. A voltage source (4) and an indicator (5) are provided. The underside (13) and the topside (8) are electrically conductive but are insulated from each other, and the indicator (5) and the voltage sorce (4) are electrically coupled so that the indicator (5) provides and indication when a circuit (16) between the topside (8) and the underside (13) is closed via the workpiece, the machine, the tool, the voltage source (4) and the indicator (5).

Abstract: Apparatus for machining splines on the internal surface of a tubular member comprising cutter means for forming the splines on the internal surface; a carrier for the tubular member for enabling the tubular member to be moved in an axial direction relative to the cutter means; and means for angularly indexing the cutter means relative to the tubular member whereby splines at angularly predetermined intervals can be provided around the interval circumference of the tubular member.

Abstract: An automatic finishing system for a wound coil in a coil winding machine has a conveyor device for moving coil bobbins intermittently along a circulating endless path. Several finishing machines for carrying out different finishing steps are disposed within a limited space around the endless path. The conveyor device and the finishing machines are synchronously controlled by an electronic controller means. Each of the coil bobbins is held by a jig which is mounted on a movable jig-holder. A plurality of movable jig-holders are moved along one of two parallel guide rails and transferred to the other guide rail at each end of the guide rails to move along a substantially rectangular endless path.

Abstract: A modular connector (10) has a generally rectangular insulating housing (12). A one piece conductive member (14) is mounted within and extends from the housing (12). The conductive member (14) has a common conductive portion (16), compliant pin portions (18) extending from the common conductive portion (16), a socket portion (20) extending from the common conductive portion (16), and a tail portion (22) connected to a bus element (23). The socket portion (20) has a circular receptacle (24) in face (25) for receiving a mating pin contact (52) of another connector (10) and a plurality of tines (28) extending axially with respect to the receptacle (24) to engage the mating pin contact (52). The housing (12) has a substantially open bottom (30) having slots (32) along sides (34), which receive the pin portions (18) of the conductive member (14).

Abstract: An edge miller for machining the edges of sheets advanced in motion relative thereto includes a milling unit supported for rotation therein and in turn supporting circular cutters for rotation relative thereto. The milling unit has bearings for each of the circular cutters supporting such rotation thereof, the bearings disposing the longitudinal cutter axes such that the axial and radial positions thereof are alternatively above and below the thickness centerline of the sheet and that each circular cutter has a cutting edge range between first and second cutting edge points. Machining forces between such cutting edge and the workpiece druing engagement produce a torque for rotating said circular cutter.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing selective electrical coupling between a pair of mating coaxial connectors. The assembly includes an outer casing, an inner casing, and a sleeve therebetween. The inner casing is rotatably disposed about a common axis with the outer casing within the outer casing. The inner casing is internally threaded at one end for attaching to one of a pair of mating coaxial connectors. The sleeve is rotatably disposed about the common axis between the outer and inner casings with the sleeve and inner casing being rotatably retained with the outer casing. A pair of ball sockets are formed in the inner casing with each containing a ball therein. The sleeve has a pair of axial grooves which when aligned with the ball sockets permit the other one of the pair of mating connectors to be inserted and moved within the inner casing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for cutting a thread on a railroad spike. The device employs tangential chasers which are designed to form a thread on a cylindrical portion and a tapering portion of the shank. The chasers form a thread having a constant pitch, root and crest diameter. The chasers are also designed to provide a gap of constant length between the forward flank of a thread on one turn and the rearward flank of the thread on an adjacent turn.

Abstract: Improved apparatus for threading a longitudinally divided partial hole in a machine component has a tap driving spindle selectively and reciprocally carried by a frame. On a base plate is a positioning means for holding the component in a predetermined relationship with the frame and locater means for accurately aligning the component with the tap driving spindle. A movable guide shoe that is operable in combination with the locater means opposes the partial hole to be threaded and forms temporarily an opposed partial hole that accurately guides the tap. Adjustment and retainer means are used for selective positioning of the guide shoe in relation to the tap guide hole.

Abstract: A thrust and torque sensor is provided for an automatic drill so as to result in an efficient drilling operation for laminated materials. Sensors are placed in one instance in conjunctioln with a spindle and in another instance to a shaft in the drive train so as to sense the thrust and torque placed on the spindle. In a preferred manner, a yoke with strain gauges is connected to a bearing race on the spindle to sense thrust and strain gauges are placed on a beam connected to a shaft to sense torque. Signals from the strain gauges are then employed by a computer to control the drill.

Abstract: A cutting machine has a planar support surface for supporting a work piece and a carriage supported for movement above the planar surface. The carriage independently supports a vacuum shroud having a body portion partially defining a chamber and at least one duct portion outwardly extending therefrom. The body portion is adjustably fixed to the carriage through a connecting flange which extends upwardly from the body portion. The body portion also has a base portion that supports a resilient layer and a contact elements, the layer when it is compressed, exerts a force between the base portion and the contact element contacting the work piece supported on the planar support surface.

Abstract: A workpiece holding collet is provided with at least one tool receiving aperture located in each collet segment. A changing tool having mating fingers is inserted into the collet, when it is in its compressed condition in a chuck. The chuck is then opened, releasing the collet, so that the interior sidewalls of the apertures frictionally engage the tool fingers inserted therein, thereby locking the collet to the changing tool. The tool is provided with a handle so that an operator may now remove the collet and then store the collet together with the tool.

Abstract: An internal flash removal unit which radially cuts flash while it is still hot and relatively soft. A drive motor and reduction gearbox mounted in a housing drive a tooling plate rotatably mounted on the housing. A cutting assembly is mounted on an arm which is pivotally mounted on the tooling plate. A hydraulic actuator causes the arm to move outward and place the cutting assembly into cutting position as rotation of the tooling plate begins.

Abstract: A junction block for tap-in connection to a continuous two-conductor line comprises a removably mutually engageable base and a cover, defining axially aligned wire entrance and exit apertures, and a passage admitting a plug. Conductor positioners each define a conductor path between the apertures; insulation displacement means are positioned for cooperative interaction with the positioners. Each displacement means is electrically connected with a contact spring adjacent the passage.A positioner and its cooperating displacement means together define a conductor engagement position generally on a level with the wire apertures, so that tension on the wire external to the block does not tend to pull the conductors out of the displacement means. The block has cooperating alignment means mutually engageable during assembly positively to align the positioners with the displacement means before the conductor insulation is engaged, and to prevent misassembly of the block components.

Abstract: This invention relates to a machining center fluid delivery system comprising a body block to be mounted on a tool holder to be installed in a machining center and a driving source block to be mounted on the machining center, and to a machining center equipped with such a fluid delivery system. The invention assures an exact orientation of nozzles and their delivery of a machining fluid towards the machining point which is constantly shifted with the progress of machining operation, thus contributing to an extremely high performance of cutting and grinding operations.

Abstract: An NC lathe with a robot for automatically exchanging works and chuck claws comprising a numerically controlled lathe having a rotatable chuck, a robot disposed in the vicinity of the numerically controlled lathe, and a feeder disposed in the vicinity of the robot. Groups of works and magazines containing chuck claws are placed on the pallets carried on the feeder, forming respective sets. The robot executes the exchanging operation of the works and the chuck claws between the feeder and the chuck.

Abstract: A boring device includes a casing and an upwardly biased tool spindle supported in the casing so as to move in a feed direction and a return direction opposite thereto. A first thrust ring with a track surface is disposed coaxial with the tool spindle and is fixed thereto. A second thrust ring with a track surface is also disposed coaxial with the tool spindle and fixed to the casing such that the track surfaces of the first and second thrust rings face each other. A rolling element retaining ring is provided coaxially with the tool spindle between the first and second thrust rings and has bores circumferentially arranged at predetermined angular intervals. Rolling elements are fitted in the bores of the rolling element retaining ring such that the rolling elements roll on the track surfaces of the first and second thrust rings. Receptacles complementary to the bores are formed in the track surface of the first thrust member.

Abstract: A machine tool comprises an upstanding column, a tool-driving unit vertically movable on the column, and a pair of guide rails on a front surface of the column to extend vertically thereon and horizontally spaced apart from each other for guiding the upward and downward movement of the tool-driving unit. The tool-driving unit includes a lift frame on the guide rails and a tilting-type turret head which is supported on a front surface of the lift frame and is rotatable about an axis inclined relative to the longitudinal direction of the frame in a horizontal plane. One of the pair of guide rails is relatively disposed forwardly of the other guide rail, so that the individual guide rails both assume positions close to the turret head thereby to minimize the amount of overhang of the tool-driving unit.