Abstract: The invention includes a hand tool that may be used for applying a design to a jewelry line, The tool may include at least one three-dimensional object having a slot spanning at least the distance of one side of the object. The slot may be receptive to a jewelry line, such as a wire or string. The tool may include at least a first object connected to another object so the objects may abut one another or be spaced an adjustable distance apart and at least two of the slots are in-line. Further, the hand tool may be used in a method of applying a design or designs to the jewelry line by placing the line in the slot(s) and applying a stop to the line.

Abstract: A wheel stud installing and removing system includes a C-frame; a forcing screw configured to communicate with the C-frame to move laterally through the C-frame; a swivel mounted on an end on the forcing screw; an adapter receiver mounted on an opposite end of the C-frame from the forcing screw, and configured to receive at least one of either a stud installing adapter and a stud removing adapter. A method of moving a stud includes: inserting one of either an installing adapter or a removing adapter into an adapter receiver on a C-frame; aligning a longitudinal axis of the adapter with a longitudinal axis of the stud; aligning the longitudinal axis of the stud with a longitudinal axis of a forcing screw; and turning the forcing screw.

Abstract: An adapter (10) for a magnetic clamp (12) includes a body (14) having an element engaging portion (16) for engaging an element (18) to be supported in position by the magnetic clamp (12). A height compensation mechanism (20) is carried by the body (14) For compensating for height variations between the clamp (12) and the element (18).

Abstract: A coaxial concentric double-jaw vice comprises a base frame defining a longitudinal sliding groove, first and second movable jaws mounted on the base frame and movable along the sliding groove, a control rod set inserted through the first and second movable jaws and received in the sliding groove, a fixed screw rod mounted on the control rod set and screw-connected with the first movable jaw, a movable screw rod sleeved onto the control rod set and screw-connected with the second movable jaw and rotatable with the control rod set and movable axially along the control rod set by an external force, a clutch mounted in the control rod set, and a driving mechanism mounted in the control rod set and connectable to the control rod set by the clutch for rotating the control rod set.

Abstract: A fixture to be connected to an end of a large member, such as wind turbine blade and wind turbine tower sections is provided. The fixture allows for a high degree of flexibility with regard to size of the end and arrangement of holes in the flange of the member.

Abstract: A link clamp for holding a part on a fixture has a housing with a bore with a longitudinal axis; a piston received in the bore and shiftable between retracted and extended positions; a clamping lever pivotally connected to one end of the piston; and a link assembly coupled for shifting the clamping lever between clamped and released positions. The clamping lever is configured to rotate relative to the housing in a single plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bore so that the clamping lever may be positioned on any side of the housing without altering the distance between the contact point of the clamping lever and the mounting flange of the housing.

Abstract: In a device and a method for aligning and holding a plurality of singulated semi-conductor components in receiving pockets of a terminal carrier that are separated from each other, the terminal carrier has spring elements, which are part of a spring plate. The spring plate has a plurality of recesses disposed next to each other for forming a corresponding plurality of receiving pockets for the semi-conductor components, wherein the spring elements are formed from the spring plate in one piece.

Abstract: A method of installing an elastomer band as a protective edge seal around a portion of a semiconductor substrate support used for supporting a semiconductor substrate in a plasma processing chamber, which includes expanding an elastomer band into a circular shape having a diameter greater than a diameter of a mounting groove within the substrate support; clamping the elastomer band in the expanded shape between a base ring and a clamp ring; placing the elastomer band over the substrate support in the expanded shape; and releasing the elastomer band from between the base and clamp rings, which contracts the elastomer band into the mounting groove of the substrate support.

Abstract: Apparatus for lateral fitting and removing of a compressor barrel into and out of a casing of a turbocompressor, the barrel having an inner core section with split disks which are bolted together coaxially, a cap rotatably mounted on a bearing block, and a rotor, wherein the disks are bolted to the cap and the rotor, and wherein the casing is vertically split and has a suction connection and a pressure connection. A support arm has a proximal end which can be releasably connected to the bearing block and a distal end which extends beyond the rotor and is displaceably supported on the casing when the proximal end is connected to the bearing block. A support device can be releasably mounted to the bearing block oppositely from the support arm, the supporting device being movable laterally on a guide to move the barrel into and out of the casing.

Abstract: A work holder which is adapted to hold a workpiece firmly in place for machining operations with respect to a machine tool. The workpiece is fashioned with a dovetail protuberance, which protuberance is designed to affix the workpiece to the work holder to the machining operations. Once the machining is completed, the dovetail protuberance may be removed in any convenient manner. Thus, the finished product may not then exhibit the former protuberance.

Abstract: A holder adapted to be attached to a tether to help retrieve a dropped tool or prevent a dropped tool from being lost or forgotten during use where the holder has a hollow member with an open end and a closed end and is adapted to frictionally hold a non-working end of a tool in the hollow member. The closed end of the hollow member has a centrally located opening within which is located a cylindrical member which is connected at one end to a shoulder connector and is coupled, either directly or indirectly, to an attachment means at its other end. The cylindrical member can be either fixed or rotatably coupled to the opening in the hollow member and the attachment means is configured to be attached to an end of a tether.

Abstract: A turntable for a wrapping machine for rotating an article to be wrapped up, the turntable including a rotatable round cover plate comprising two grooves in parallel with each other and arranged at a distance from each other that corresponds to the distance between the forks of the lifting fork of a pallet truck, wherein the grooves extend from the edge of the cover plate on both sides of the diameter of the cover plate and in parallel to the diameter, and wherein the grooves are adapted to receive the forks of the lifting fork so that the article to be wrapped up can be conveyed by the pallet truck onto the cover plate to be supported by it, and respectively off the cover plate.

Abstract: A clamping system with a clamping nut and a wrench for tightening the clamping nut, wherein the clamping nut includes at least one recess on either the outside edge or the inside edge of the end face of the clamping nut to receive projections of the wrench. The edge opposite the edge with at least one recess is closed. The at least one recess is provided with at least one undercut, which the projections of the wrench can grip from underneath.

Abstract: A device for holding a bottom portion of a container in a container-processor installation, the device comprising a support core provided with a stationary abutment for a lateral surface of the bottom portion of a container, and with a shoe mounted to pivot about a substantially horizontal axis between a holding position in which the shoe extends in the vicinity of the abutment to co-operate with the bottom portion of the container, and a disengaged position in which the shoe is retracted to allow the bottom portion of a container to be inserted in the device and to be extracted from the device along a direction that is substantially coplanar with a direction in which the bottom portion of the container bears against the abutment. An installation including such a device.

Abstract: A self adjusting toggle clamp includes a mounting body, mounting apparatus carried by the mounting body and a clamping link movably attached to the mounting body. An actuating lever having a link element is pivotally coupled to the clamping link and movably coupled to the mounting body by a self adjusting toggle mechanism. The self adjusting toggle mechanism includes a guide carried by the mounting body, a locking element carried by the guide for reciprocal and canting movement, an element pivotally coupled to the link element, and a cam element pivotally coupled to the element and pivotally coupled to the locking element. The cam element is movable between a first condition permitting the locking element to reciprocate along the guide and a second condition bearing against the guide and canting the locking element into frictional engagement with the guide.

Abstract: A clamp includes a first cam assembly including a hollow first support, opposite first and second work piece clamping members partially disposed in the first support with a first slot defined therebetween, a bifurcated first cam lever on both sides of the first and second work piece clamping members with the first support in the first cam lever, and an annular first flange including a latching groove; a second cam assembly including a hollow second support, opposite third and fourth work piece clamping members partially disposed in the second support with a second slot defined therebetween, a bifurcated second cam lever on both sides of the third and fourth work piece clamping members with the second support in the second cam lever, and an annular second flange including an end reduction, a projection distal the reduction, and external threads; and a fastening member threadedly secured to the second flange.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus has a piston inserted into a housing, a lock chamber located above the piston and a release chamber located below the piston. The clamping apparatus also has a diametrically expandable and contractible tapered sleeve attached to an annular plug portion projected upward from the housing and to be received in a tapered hole provided in a work pallet. An output rod is also inserted into a cylindrical hole of the plug portion and connected to the piston. Lock springs having compression coil springs are inserted into a plurality of spring-attachment holes formed in a recessed manner in an upper wall of the lock chamber, where the spring-attachment holes are communicatively connected to an outer surface of the housing by through holes, and pushing members are hermetically inserted into the through holes. The lock springs urge the sleeve through the pushing members with a predetermined force.

Abstract: A liner bolt (1) for securing a liner to a mill, the liner bolt (1) comprising a head (3) and a shank (4) extending therefrom, the shank (4) having an external thread thereon, and having a bore (5) therein extending from its free end. A removal pin (2) is adapted to be inserted into bore (5) when liner bolt (1) is to be removed from the mill. Removal pin (2) is adapted to be struck by a moil (14).

Abstract: An assembly jig includes a first frame adjustably fastened to a vehicle body in the vicinity of a door opening, a second frame with supporting the door of the vehicle, and link arms between the first and second frames that are hinged to the first and second frames so as to form a deformable quadrilateral in association therewith. Hinges between the arms and the frames include at least one ball joint arranged between a carrier element secured to one of the frames or arms and a carried element secured to one of the arms or frames, carrying being relative to the effect of gravity, wherein at least one of the carrier and carried ball joint elements is secured to the corresponding arm or frame in such a manner that the position in three-dimensional space of the center of the ball joint is adjustable in three spatial directions.

Abstract: A wire guiding device for use with an electrical fitting such as an “LB” fitting is provided. The wire pulling device comprises a frame and two rollers mounted on axles. A first roller allows a wire to be pulled around the angle of the fitting and may be of sufficient diameter to prevent damage to the wire, while a second roller may prevent the wire from contacting the damaging edges of the fitting. The rollers are mounted within a frame which is adaptable to the access port of an LB fitting. Holes may be located in the frame such that fasteners engage the pre-existing threaded holes located in a standard LB fitting.