Abstract: A mechanism for transferring cured tires from a tire press to a post-inflator, which includes a plurality of ejector arms located between the tire press and post-inflator and movable horizontally toward and away from the tire press and vertically up and down in a receded position outside the tire press, and receiver arms supported on the post-inflator and horizontally movable back and forth in parallel relationship with and at a level vertically spaced from the ejector arms, the receiver arms being spaced from each other by a predetermined distance to permit passage of the ejector arms and a lower rim of the post-inflator vertically therethrough.

Abstract: A dispenser for semi-solid material such as deodorant comprises a tubular barrel, a radial flange of which holds captive a knurled drive wheel for rotation abotu the axis of the barrel. An elevator is mounted on a spindle connected to the drive wheel and is adapted to move deodorant up and down the barrel on rotation of the wheel. To facilitate bottom-filling of the dispenser the elevator is formed from a radially inner part and a radially outer part. The radially outer part is positioned in the barrel before filling, and the radially inner part, preassembled on the spindle, is then clipped into the radially outer part while the deodorant is still in liquid form.

Abstract: An improved precision diluter/dispenser device is provided with features for effecting automatic compensation for non-linearity of aspirated fluid volumes of the particular piston and cylinder syringe assemblies that are included with the diluter/dispenser device in order to enhance the accuracy of the device by varying the piston stroke length in order to correct for non-linearity of aspirated or dispensed fluid volumes. Suitable correction factors are programmed into the control mechanism of the device in order to automatically make the necessary adjustments in stroke length so as to significantly enhance the linearity of the movement of fluid volumes throughout the working volume of the piston and cylinder assembly, whether the movement of fluid be of a very small percentage or a very large percentage of the volume capacity of the assembly.

Abstract: An improved pill storage and dispensing cassette includes front and back side walls, opposite end walls, and opposite top and bottom walls defining a storage chamber therein. A rotatable pill conveying wheel is positioned in the back side wall and has a plurality of openings for holding and conveying a pill to a discharge chute upon actuation of a remote vacuum source. A separator member is positioned over the openings of the conveying wheel to dislodge the pills from the conveying wheel and such that the pills fall through the chute into the desired receptacle. An adjustment shoe is provided so that only one pill is held and conveyed by each opening in the conveying wheel. A central wall is included within the cassette to divide the pill chamber into forward and rearward compartments with the pills being primarily stored in the forward compartment with a limited number of pills passing through a recessed area in the central wall to the rearward compartment for conveyance by the conveying wheel.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coin counter and wrapper holder for use with conventional paper coin wrappers and to a method of counting and wrapping coins. The device includes a base from which pedestals project upwardly, each pedestal terminating in a circular end face. Each pedestal fits inside and forms a support for the lower end portion of a conventional paper coin wrapper of a specific denomination. Also mounted to the base is an upper wrapper support which has a U-shaped slot proportioned to fit around the outside of each coin wrapper. Each of the pedestals is proportioned so that the distance from its top surface to the top surface of the upper wrapper support is the same as the height of a stack of coins intended for a particular wrapper. The distance between the top of each pedestal and the base is arranged so that each coin wrapper will abut the base at one end and be flush with the top surface of the upper wrapper support at its opposite end. An accurate and speedy coin count is thus assured.

Abstract: A compact excavator has a superstructure, a swinging or swivelling mechanism connecting said superstructure with a chassis for swinging said superstructure relative to said chassis about a vertical axis, and a boom on said superstructure. The boom is linked to the superstructure directly by a parallel guide having a parallelogram link (14 or 14') and an intermediate member (12). The parallel guide is able to swing about a vertical axis (13', 13") secured to the superstructure (3). The intermediate member (12) has a fixed length and the parallelogram link (14, 14') may have a fixed length link or a hydraulic actuator piston cylinder having a variable length. Such a construction simplifies additional movements required of the driver for operating the excavator.

Abstract: The handling apparatus includes two spaced apart lower arms pivoting on a base, and two spaced apart upper arms pivoting on an elbow bearing on the lower arms. The lower arm is driven by a ball-screw arrangement in which a threaded drive, mounted on the base of the apparatus is connected to a ball screw attached to a strut between the ball screw and the lower arm. Moving the ball screw along the threaded drive member pivots the lower arm upward. Another ball screw arrangement is mounted on the lower arm and is attached to the lower end of the upper arm by means of cables that extend along a rear curved surface of the upper arm to allow for more travel of the upper arm. Various attachment can be mounted on the upper arm including hangers for propellers and rudders and a gripper unit for supporting propeller shafts. When handling propellers and rudders, a single material handling unit is used, and the propeller or rudder is hung between the spaced apart arms.

Abstract: An apparatus for individually depositing articles comprises a cylinder with a plurality of accommodating apertures, each of which is adapted to accommodate a single article only from a supply. The apparatus is adapted to retain the articles in the apertures and comprises nozzles for removing superfluous articles from the cylinder. Moreover, the apparatus is adapted to release the articles from the apertures. In order to secure that the articles are deposited one by one without any interruptions in the depositing pattern, the apparatus comprises a supplementary cylinder having accommodating apertures corresponding to the accommodating apertures of the cylinder. Also each of the accommodating apertures of the supplementary cylinder is adapted to accommodate a single article only from a supply, the supplementary cylinder also comprises nozzles for removing superfluous articles and is also adapted to retain the articles in the accommodating apertures.

Abstract: A package for connectors and an apparatus for dispensing them. The package comprises an elongated tape or pair of tapes and a plurality of an elongated connector containing tubes secured to and extending across the tape or tapes. The apparatus comprises a stand having upper and lower support members, a slide extending downwardly from the lower support member to a perch, and a stepping device for advancing successive tubes along the support members to the slide. Connectors are removed from the tubes descend the slide and are picked up from the perch by a robot and installed in a printed circuit board.

Abstract: An industrial robot in which both a column which is pivotally mounted on a rotatable base member and a boom which is pivotally mounted on the upper end of the column are of hollow construction to provide a rigid lightweight structure capable of carrying substantial loads. The column is counterbalanced by a spring and the boom is counterbalanced by pneumatic cylinders on a movable carriage so that the major axes of the robot can be driven by relatively low energy driving sources. A simplified hand gear train is provided which is capable of carrying substantial loads and is easily serviced.

Abstract: An automatic dispenser for hot and cold food products comprises an isothermal cabinet in which a plurality of horizontal conveyor belts arranged one above another comprises a plurality of conveyor belts on which the food products are stored and a single delivery conveyor belt leading to a delivery opening in the cabinet. A microwave oven disposed in the cabinet above the horizontal conveyor belts has a door and a small conveyor belt inside. A lift comprising a small conveyor belt on vertically movable frame is provided adjacent vertically aligned ends of the horizontal conveyor belts and oven conveyor belt. The conveyor belts, oven and lift are controlled by a computerized control system in the manner that if a customer selects a product to be eaten hot, the product is transported to the oven, heated and transported to the delivery opening. If a customer selects a product to be eaten cold, the product is transported to the delivery opening without going to the oven.

Abstract: A flexibly foldable arm includes a series of arm sections each constituted by a plural number of joint members pivotally and serially connected to one another by connector shafts for rotation about two perpendicularly intersecting axes; a pair of pulleys mounted the connector shafts at each end of the joint members; and a pair of arm operating wires having base ends thereof wound in opposite directions on winding shafts of drive motors in such a manner as to alternately reel up or off the wires threaded around paired pulleys in each arm section to flex the same into a curve folded state as a whole by forward and reverse rotations of the motors. By driving the independently flexible arm sections which are connected in series, the arm can be flexed into an arbitrary shape irrespective of existence of an object to be gripped and can be folded to grip an object if the latter is in the way of the flexing movement of the arm.

Abstract: The invention is a liquid dispenser including a container for retaining a liquid to be dispensed and comprising a mounting plate portion having a downwardly opening slot defined by a slot edge, a front surface bounding the slot, and a rear surface for juxtaposition a support surface; and a bracket comprising a body portion with a back surface for engaging the support surface, a wall bordering the body portion and extending transversely to the support surface, and a skirt projecting from the wall and spaced from and substantially parallel to the support surface. The wall engages the slot edge so as to provide vertical support for the container and the skirt and the support surface straddle and engage the front surface and the rear surface plate portion, respectively, so as to provide horizontal support for the container.

Abstract: A token handling device transmits, using an electromagnetic carrier, data, clock pulses and power to a token. The token transmits data by varying the degree of absorbtion of the carrier in synchronism with the clock pulses. These data transmissions are detected by a receiver in the token handling device, the sensitivity of which is adjusted each time a token is received. The token could be used in transactions in place of coins, or alternatively could be used for identification in other areas. Data stored by the token could be used to change the way in which the token handling device operates. The token handling device may for example form a vending machine, and the token could be used to alter the pricing of goods vended thereby. The token handling device may be combined with a coin validator, in which case there is preferably a common path from an entrance slot for carrying both the tokens and the coins to appropriate testing apparatus.

Abstract: A container suitable for dispensing compositions, particularly dental preparations, has a dispensing tube (14) which constitutes a separate part and is supported for pivotal movement about a pivot axis extending transversely to the longitudinal axis (18) of the container. It is thereby possible to pivot the tube (14) to the operative position most favourable for the respective application, while there is no risk of a cross-sectional constriction or even breakage which might occur on bending. Furthermore, a closing position may be provided in which a bearing member (15) integrally formed with the tube (14) interrupts communication between the tube (14) and the container compartment (10).

Abstract: The invention pertains to a fueling nozzle vapor collecting apparatus attachable to a standard fuel dispensing nozzle spout. The apparatus includes a rigid plate connected to the spout having an annular resilient cup-shaped hood affixed to the plate periphery having a foam cushion defined on its outer edge for sealingly engaging the surface surrounding a fuel tank inlet. A collecting hose for the vapor is attached to a port defined in the plate for venting the vapor to a location remote from the nozzle, and a sight glass is adjustably positionable within a seal located in the plate providing visual observance of the fuel level.

Abstract: A conventional pressurized gas container in the form of a standard aerosol container is fastened to a commercially available standard cartridge having a movable piston by means of an adapter. The adapter of the dispensing container contains an actuating member for the valve of the pressurized gas container and a pressure exhaust or venting orifice which is in flow communication with a pressure chamber situated between the piston and the adaptor and such pressure venting orifice is obturatable by the finger of an operator in service. The dispensing container is particularly simple in design and fulfills all practical requirements in service and manipulation.

Abstract: An apparatus for apportioning powdered material into each of a series of containers is disclosed which includes a powdered material hopper having a dispensing opening and a rotatable filling head contiguous to the dispensing opening. The rotatable filling head includes a plurality of radially situated chambers each having an open outer end for displacement between the material hopper and the series of containers. A conventional pneumatic source is provided for assisting the filling and emptying of the chambers during the apportioning process. Within each chamber, the volume of powdered material received is defined by a piston having a porous surface. The piston engages a threaded stem longitudinally fixed in position yet rotatable about its longitudinal axis to effect displacement of the piston head and support longitudinally within the chamber. A seal is provided at the radially inner end of the threaded stem to ensure positive pneumatic action through the porous piston surface.

Abstract: A display device which can mechanically and cumulatively count and display the amount of money for coins. The use of coins having a random relation between nominal values and diameters is possible by the provision of operation members. The operation members include carry operation members, each of the operation members has a corresponding digit display wheel which shows the cumulative amount of money. A coin inlet and guide member has pushing members for pushing a suitable operation member without pushing other operation members. To this end, the operation member other than the carry operation member each has at least one groove with a reception surface to which the pushing member abuts for pushing the operation member and an idle groove which is not actuated by another of the pushing members if it is guided into the idle groove. The idle groove serves as eliminating the problem of the random relation between nominal values and diameters of the coins.

Abstract: A dispenser for attachment to liquid containers is disclosed which allows a contained liquid to be dispensed by pumping rather than pouring from the container, having a top cylinder containing a pump which is located over a mouth of the container, so that the mouth of the container contacts a gasket of relatively large surface area, and further having a base member pivotally attached to a top cylinder which is pivoted underneath the container to force the mouth of the container against the gasket to provide a seal. The relatively large surface area of the gasket and the design of the base member allow the device to be used with containers of varying size, and the seal achieved thereby allows pump of simple design to be incorporated.