Abstract: A quick disconnect member (36, 136) is retained on a tube (12) for sliding movement therealong to react with the projection (18) and includes a pair of arms (42) each with a V-shaped abutment (38) biased radially outwardly into a locked position in overlapping engagement with a shoulder (28) to prevent removal of the tube (12) from the socket. A resilient safety plug (44) is disposed between the tube (12) and the abutment (38) for preventing abutment (38) from disengaging from the shoulder (28). The safety plug (44) retains hooks (43) radially outwardly against the lip (32). The safety plug (44) presents an annular ridge (46) extending into the V-shaped abutment (38) to retain the safety plug (44) in the socket member (14) and a radially extending flange (48) abutting the distal ends of the arms (42).

Abstract: A gasket insert including a carrier having at least two retaining arms. The retaining arms are adapted to contact opposing faces of a gasket material to form a mechanical means of fastening the gasket insert to a gasket body. Also disclosed is a method of making a gasket insert including forming a carrier body from a steel stamping and folding the steel stamping upon itself to create a double layered carrier body. The carrier body is fitted with retaining arms for gripping the gasket body and is fitted with a plurality of passages for filling with sealing material and forming a positive means of mechanically bonding sealing material to the carrier body.

Abstract: An arrangement for covering upholstered furniture includes a semi-fitted cover which is partially fitted to a piece of upholstered furniture and a mechanism for positioning a holding band in a closed loop around the cover. The holding band is positioned to form a loop around the cover and pull the semi-fitted cover close to the upholstered furniture. The present invention also includes details concerning skirt clips, belt adjusting plates and pleating plates which are unique as part of the present invention.

Abstract: A mechanical seal assembly for creating a sealing relationship between a housing and a shaft which is rotatable relative thereto. The seal assembly includes first and second coaxially aligned and axially adjacent seal rings disposed in an encircling relationship to the shaft and having axially adjacent and opposed flat seal faces for creating an annular sealing region therebetween. The seal assembly further includes a self-contained grease supply device for supplying a continuous flow of grease to a seal chamber at a substantially steady or uniform flow rate and a grease discharge device for pressurizing the grease and permitting a flow of excess grease therethrough. The pressurized grease is positioned adjacent the seal rings to provide a self-regulating supply of grease which is drawn into the sealing region during upset conditions of the seal.

Abstract: A molded surface fastener comprises: a substrate sheet; and a multiplicity of engaging elements standing on one surface of the substrate sheet, each of the engaging elements being composed of a stem rising from the one surface of the substrate sheet, and an engaging head projecting from an upper end of the stem for detachably engaging a companion loop. After a surface fastener is manufactured on a die wheel by continuous injection molding as a primary-intermediate surface fastener, a heating and pressing roller disposed downstream of the die wheel presses the engaging head, while heating, to bend the engaging head from the stem and, at the same time, to form a pair of protuberances projecting in opposite directions from opposite side edges of the top of the engaging head perpendicularly with respect to a direction lengthwise of the engaging head.

Abstract: A fastener assembly is provided for easy loading in a fastener gun, the assembly being formed so as to also be easily operated upon by the fastener gun. The fastener assembly comprises a plurality of fasteners and at least one runner, wherein the fasteners are disposed in a predetermined direction and substantially coplanar with one another to form a plane, and each of the fasteners is attached to the at least one runner, the at least one runner being spaced from the plane of fasteners.

Abstract: An integrally formed tie strip (10) is formed with a series of apertures (14), at respective locations that are spaced apart in succession along the strip, and is formed with a series of laterally projecting latch members (11), at respective locations that are spaced apart in succession along the strip, for resisting withdrawal from one of the said apertures after having been passed therethrough.

Abstract: A constant velocity universal joint of a tripod type includes an outer joint part with three circumferentially spaced axial guide tracks for respectively receiving a tripod unit which is connected to a tripod spider and guided on a ball-headed pin for angular mobility. The a tripod unit (1) includes a form-fitting coupling directly between the tripod roller (6) and an inner ring (4), with the inner ring (4) having an annular shoulder (16) which has an end face bearing upon the tripod roller (6).

Abstract: A hose connector with gripping elements (18) pressing a hose (14) on a socket (15) uses a two-part sleeve (24). The two-part sleeve includes a screw piece (25) and an extension sleeve connected to the screw piece by a rotary connection and the two-part sleeve surrounds and supports the hose for a significant portion beyond the clamping area of the gripping elements (18). This inner sleeve (32) also has the funnel-shaped, conical actuating surface (33) for the pressing of the gripping elements.

Abstract: An improved handle assembly for a refrigerator door including a mounting button secured to a face of the refrigerator door, a mounting block secured to a first or lower end of a door handle, and a mounting bracket integrally formed with a second or top end of the door handle. The mounting block and mounting button cooperate to provide a dovetail-type connection wherein the first end of the refrigerator door handle is slidably secured to a face of the refrigerator door without any exposed mechanical connection. The mounting bracket includes openings through which screws may be inserted to secure the second end of the door handle to a top surface of the refrigerator door.

Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly seal for use in assembly comprising: packing formed in a predetermined shape from an elastic material; a core within the packing for providing substantial rigidity such that can maintain the desired shape of the packing; and a base for supporting the core, the base having substantial rigidity and being connected to the core portion in such a manner that the base can be easily separated from the core by a cutting operation. The assembly seal is used in an assembly method for assembling a plurality of parts into a set of assembled parts incorporating packing. The assembly method comprises the steps of: positioning the assembly seal so that the packing of the assembly seal is positioned at a specified position on one part of a set of assembled parts; separating the base of the assembly seal from the packing; removing the base so that only the packing of the assembly seal is left on said one part; and fitting the other parts of said set of assembled parts to said one part.

Abstract: A main friction stage (45) is axially arranged on either side of one of the guide washers (13, 14) surrounding a hub disc (22), the main friction stage (45) comprises two bearing washers (47, 48) arranged on either side of one guide washer (14) and joined together by axial braces (49) extending through the one guide washer (14), a friction washer (50) rotationally coupled to the hub disc and inserted between the guide washer and one of the bearing washers (47, 48), and a resilient clamping washer (56) inserted between the guide washer and the other bearing washer.

Abstract: A universal joint for small articulation angles, especially, an intermediate joint in a propeller shaft of motor vehicles, has an outer joint part (11) with longitudinally extending first ball tracks (14) which, between stop faces, include an axial length with an unchanged cross-section; an inner joint part (31, 51) with longitudinally extending second ball tracks (36, 56) whose axial length is greater than that of the first ball tracks (14); and torque transmitting balls (15) guided in the radially opposed first and second ball tracks (14, 36, 56). The outer joint part (11), at least in the axial region of the ball tracks (14) is produced as a formed plate metal part with an approximately constant wall thickness. The ball tracks (14), in the outer joint part (11), are formed by circumferentially distributed formations (13) axially closed at both ends by stops (16, 17).

Abstract: A damper seal and method of sealing and damping a rotating shaft are disclosed. The damper seal includes a stator housing, a plurality of cavities, a first modulator for modulating the fluid flow into the cavities, and a second modulator for modulating the fluid flow exiting the cavities less than the fluid flow entering the cavities to provide improved damping and sealing.

Abstract: A new safety bar securement strap for power equipment for maintaining a motor of the power equipment in an operative orientation. The inventive device includes a handle strap having a generally rectangular configuration. The handle strap has an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface has a pair of male snaps thereon inwardly of an outer edge thereof. The upper surface has a pair of female snaps thereon disposed inwardly from the outer edge thereof. The handle strap wraps around a handle of a piece of power equipment with the male snaps coupling with the female snaps for securement to the handle. The upper surface has a hook and loop patch disposed thereon inwardly of the female snaps. A safety bar strap is provided having a generally rectangular configuration. An inner edge of the safety bar strap is secured to an inner edge of the handle strap. A lower surface of the safety bar strap has a plurality of hook and loop strips disposed thereon in a spaced relationship.

Abstract: Methods for installing liners in metal pipes incorporating the embodiments of this invention are disclosed. Liner (30), pulled through the pipe, is cut back to the correct position in socket (22) and pin (36). Socket clamp (32) or pin clamp (42) is placed over extrusion rod (78) of reverse calibration machine (60). Liner clamp mandrel (76) is installed behind the clamp. First hydraulic cylinder (64) and second hydraulic cylinder (66) in reverse calibrator frame (62) are activated to move extrusion rod (78). The tapered surface of liner clamp mandrel (76) comes in contact with the clamp, expanding the clamp walls as the hard tool steel of the mandrel contacts the softer steel of the clamp. Liner clamp mandrel (76) passes fully through the clamp completing the installation. Liner (30) is locked between socket clamp (32) or pin clamp (42) and the inside wall of the calibrated section of socket (22) or pin (36).

Abstract: A constant velocity universal joint includes a plurality of trunnions formed to have a spherical configuration and expanding toward guide grooves, cylindrical holders for surrounding the trunnions, to which roller members displaceable along said guide grooves are externally fitted, and cutouts formed on surfaces of the trunnions.

Abstract: In a steering control apparatus for an automotive vehicle, there are provided a steering mechanism which is linked with a road wheel to be controlled, an actuator for actuating the steering mechanism, and a steering angle sensor which is arranged in the vicinity of the steering mechanism for detecting a steered position of the road wheel. The apparatus includes a first control circuit which is provided for setting a desired steering angle of the road wheel, and includes a second control circuit which is electrically connected to the first control circuit, and which controls a current to be fed into the actuator in response to a difference between the desired steering angle and an actual steering angle which is produced on the basis of the steered position detected by the steering angle sensor, to control a steering angle of the road wheel. The second control circuit is formed as one body with the steering angle sensor and arranged in the vicinity of the steering mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for locking a cord (2), a wire, a tube or any other bendable member into a locking position with a locking portion. The locking portion (3) has at least one open slits shaped receiving cavity (5) defined at one end of the locking portion, the cavities having an opening that is facing away from a portion (7) of the cord that is under tension and the cavity having a width that is less than a diameter of the cord so that the portion (7) that is under tension and a portion (8) of the cord that is received within the receiving cavity are substantially perpendicular to one another.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a merchandise retaining assembly for the safe storage, viewing and access to merchandise on a store shelf, including a pair of vertically extending posts having an upper end and a lower end, the posts being attachable to a store shelf by securement means, a lower elongated rigid gripping member having a pair of elongated gripping portions facing toward one another and biased toward one another, and an upper elongated rigid gripping member having a pair of elongated gripping portions facing toward one another and biased toward one another. A securement bolt arrangement is provided for attaching said lower gripping member to said shelf. A flexible mesh screen is arranged between the upper and lower gripping members, and securement hooks are arranged for attaching the upper gripping member to the upper end of the posts, so as to provide a secure readily removable, replaceable boarder to a store shelf, protecting store customers and merchandise alike.