Abstract: A knee support apparatus is disclosed herein for supporting a workman on an area of freshly laid cement or concrete during a procedure of smoothing the surface thereof. The apparatus comprises a pair of identical knee supports wherein each support includes an elongated base member having an undersurface movably resting on the cement or concrete surface and a top surface carrying a cushion. A metal frame having a central opening is employed for securing the edge marginal region of the cushion to the base member so that the bulb of the cushion material is exposed through the central opening thereof. A knee and a foot member upwardly projects from the base member on which a soft roller is attached. The foot member is adjustable longitudinally so as to accommodate different users.

Abstract: The present application discloses a tenter arm swinging apparatus in which the swing of a tenter arm is performed by rotating a nut threadedly connected to a fixed screw shaft, and arm swinging means is housed in a case housing said nut.According to the present invention, the whole apparatus may be constructed in a very compact structure and installed readily and conveniently, regardless of the spatial conditions outside the apparatus.

Abstract: A power transmission which includes two harmonic differential drive units which are operable to oppositely vary the rotational speed of the two outputs in direct proportion to each other. The transmission is particularly suitable for use in controlling the two drive chains of a tenter so as to correct skew distortions in the fabric, and wherein the output of the tenter chains is oppositely varied without altering the mean speed of the two chains.

Abstract: A portable hat supporting device is disclosed for displaying soft wool hats and providing a support for a soft hat which does not distort the hat. The device is suitable for home use and for display in stores. The device comprises a frame having at least one suspension means adapted to support the frame, the frame including at least one member extending downwards from the suspension means terminating at a horizontal cross bar, hat support means extending up from the cross bar, the hat support means having a curved profile and adapted to support a soft hat below the suspension member.

Abstract: Method and equipment for drying and/or shrinking of textile structures which are formed into a tubular conformation and sleeved onto a tubular carrier. By the application of a heated gaseous medium under pressure, the tubular conformation is transported in alternate directions on the tubular carrier.

Abstract: An add-on piece of furniture for converting a chair or settee into a chaise lounge. The add-on furniture includes a generally rectangular frame with a forward pivotally mounted leg assembly. At the rear end of the rectangular frame is a pair of spaced apart hooks resiliently connected to the frame and in position to hook onto an associated chair or settee converting same into a chaise lounge.

Abstract: Apparatus to provide a novel false twisted slub yarn by combining a core yarn and an effect yarn in a fluid tangling zone. The linear velocity of the effect yarn is raised to allow slubs to be produced in the combined yarn in an air jet apparatus. A baffle cage is used to prevent yarn from the air jet from interferring with adjacent air jets when an end comes down.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuous untwisting and crimping of a cloth, including, in a treating chamber, a pair of endless net conveyers spaced vertically apart and forming a gap therebetween to serve as a cloth passage. A plurality of jet pipes, each having a series of nozzles, are arranged to jet a high pressure fluid into the cloth passage. The jet pipes are provided in a zigzag up and down arrangement on the outside of the gap with the net conveyers between them. As a long knitted or woven cloth is passed continuously through the cloth passage while it receives the force of a fluid jetted zigzag from both sides, the cloth adopts a snaky or undulating state, and is stretched, beat and crumpled strongly so that the cloth is untwisted and crimped effectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a roller with rotatable sleeves in which each sleeve has, seen from above, a trapezoidal shape; they are mounted and idle on a central shaft in such a way that the large side of a sleeve is aligned with the small side of the adjacent sleeve; in which the sleeves are fastened to each other in this position for their rotation on the central shaft.

Abstract: A hinge fitting mechanism especially for motor vehicle seats in which a fixed seat plate fixedly connected to the seat and a tiltable plate fixedly connected to the back rest are articulatedly connected to each other and which includes a mechanism for gradually adjusting the position of the plates relative to each other, and a quick tilting of the tiltable plate and hence the seat back connected thereto relative to the fixed seat plate connected to the actual seat portion.

Abstract: Thermoplastic yarn is texturized by the known method of forwarding it in a heated condition to a crimping zone at the entrance of a stuffer chamber (7) so as to form a plug (8) of crimped yarn within the chamber and withdrawing the yarn from the other end of the plug at a speed which is related to the input speed. The improvement comprises deriving signals from the speed of the yarn plug (8) in the stuffer chamber (7) by means of a sensing wheel (11) which drives a gapped monitoring disc (13). The disc (13) operates to intercept a beam of light from a source (14) which is directed on to a photo-sensor (15). The output of the photo-sensor is supplied to an electrical controller (36) which measures the time during which light is received for each gap in the disc (13) to provide a measure of the speed of the yarn plug.

Abstract: A legrest for a dental chair has a telescopically nested section. A cable and pulley system automatically extends the nested section from the legrest as the legrest is moved from a generally vertical position to a generally horizontal position. Bias springs return the section to its nested position as the legrest moves back towards its near vertical position.

Abstract: An apparatus is afforded for transversely stretching a continuously advancing flexible web between a pair of opposed banks of tranversely-spaced pressure elements, one of which banks is stationary and whose elements have slide surfaces, the margins of the web being restrained to prevent substantial inward movement of said margins.

Abstract: In a motor vehicle clutch cover assembly comprising a cover, a pressure plate rotatable with the cover but movable axially relative thereto, and axially-acting resilient means such as a diaphragm located between the cover and the pressure plate and operable to urge the pressure plate away from the cover, the invention provides one or more retaining shims adapted to limit the displacement of the pressure plate relative to the cover, and corresponding apertures in the cover which allow the retaining shims to be removed or inserted. The retaining shims are fitted either during removal of the cover assembly for servicing, or during replacement, and by restricting displacement of the pressure plate reduce the effective axial dimension of the cover assembly thereby facilitating removal or replacement of the assembly in a confined space.

Abstract: A molded plastic hanger and a clip for use therewith or with other members. The hanger includes a body portion having a diverging pair of arms including slots therein and a crossbar for mounting garment holding clips. A plastic swivel hook is connected to the body portion at a stem. The stem includes a shaft having an annular locking recess in its periphery which is adapted to be received within a mating socket of the hook to connect the hook and body portion to each other while enabling them to be swiveled readily with respect to each other. The clip is arranged for securement to the crossbar of the hanger or to any other rod-like element and is formed of a three piece construction comprising a pair of plastic jaws and a resilient U-shaped member, also formed of plastic, but having a higher tensile strength and resiliency than the plastic of the jaws.

Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger comprised of four (4) main wire members, which include a support member, two extensible angle members and a connecting rod. Each of the angle members is adjustably attached to both the support member and to the connecting rod by duplex sleeve connectors. The support member includes a suspension hook portion and has formed thereon a pair of downwardly diverging legs, which form an angle substantially the same as the angle of a neck and shoulder portion of a garment. Each duplex sleeve connector is identical in construction and is substantially "S" shaped so as to form two loop portions. Each end of the diverging legs and each end of the connecting rod have one loop portion of the sleeve connector securely attached thereto so as to not allow any movement thereon. Each of the angle members are substantially "V" shaped so as to have two arm portions.

Abstract: A garment hanger is constructed so that its width adjacent to its hook is adjustable whereby coats or other garments on the hanger cannot be squashed together and the number of garments hanging on a rack can be ascertained without counting. The adjustability enables the same number of hangers to be on a rack regardless of the thickness of the material from which the garment is made. The adjustable member may be an integral part of a new hanger or may be a separate attachment to an existing hanger.

Abstract: An improved burner and manifold assembly for improving the appearance of fabrics is illustrated wherein a tubular cast iron burner of standard construction is provided with a tubular fuel supply manifold constructed from a material possessing a coefficient of expansion resulting in expansion substantially compatible with the coefficient of expansion of cast iron and obtaining temperatures so as to reduce the tendency of these elements to bow during operation of the singer. A number of intermediately spaced pass-through connectors are provided for providing a more even distribution of heat between the burner and manifold elements of the assembly, as well as providing more even fuel distribution, as well as increased rigidity and more uniform stress distribution through bracing.

Abstract: An elongated knit web is flattened and guided by an apparatus having a support frame which extends longitudinally in a plane and which has an upstream and a downstream end. A pivot supports this frame for pivoting about a pivot axis transverse to the plane at the upstream end. A pair of transversely extending and longitudinally spaced spreader rollers are provided on the frame adjacent the upstream end and each has a pair of screwthread formations of opposite hand, these spreader rollers being driven to spread out the web transversely. A pair of transversely extending and longitudinally spaced guide rollers are provided on the frame between the spreader rollers and the downstream end, these guide rollers being freely rotating and having surfaces which are made to adhere to the web to prevent its edges from curling up. A control system pivots the frame about its pivot axis to position the edges of the exiting web.

Abstract: A power tool speed and torque control mechanism is disclosed. An improved clutch assembly is provided for power tools of the type having a high speed/low torque mode for rapidly engaging a threaded fastener and a low speed/high torque mode for tightening the fastener. The clutch assembly includes a wrap spring clutch having two springs.