Abstract: A mobile storage system is provided with safety devices that increase the stability of the movable carriages. The safety devices includes shoe plates mounted to the carriages proximate each carriage wheel and above the rails. A nylon shoe is attached to the bottom of each shoe plate near the rail. The shoe plates are adjustable to position the shoe with minimum running clearances with the rails. Only a small amount of initial tipping causes the shoes to contact the rails and support a carriage against further tipping. The increased spread between the anti tip shoes compared with the spread between the wheels provides increased resistance to overturning forces by the square of the ratio of the spreads.

Abstract: A seat for vehicles is described having a thigh support device comprising a seat frame, a movable frame superimposed over and pivotally rotatably secured to the seat frame, an integrally formed cushioning member and a top cover member. The cushioning member has a thigh support portion disposed on the movable frame and a buttocks support portion disposed on the seat frame. Two separately divided side cover sections are defined in the side cover section of the top cover member so as to provide a first side cover section covering the thigh support portion and a second side cover section covering the buttocks support portion with the first and second side cover sections being secured in such a manner that they overlap each other at their respective edge portions.

Abstract: A safety belt arrangement, especially one having a lap belt as a constituent of the belt system. One end of the lap belt is connected to a part that is secured to the vehicle, and the other end of the lap belt is provided with a belt buckle part. An anchoring member is provided as a carrier for the other belt buckle part, with the ends of the lap belt, as well as the anchoring member, being connected with a tensioning mechanism that operates in opposite directions. This tensioning mechanism is disposed between the anchoring elements that act as guide elements for the lap belt portion and for the anchoring member, which includes a cable section. The tensioning mechanism is secured to the one end of the lap belt and to the anchoring member via connections that are freely movable in the direction toward the guide elements, and are also movable relative to one another.

Abstract: A gangway construction for vehicles comprises divided hood structures each of which has a first end and second end, the first ends of the respective hood structures being fixed to the vehicles, and the second ends thereof being made free and to face each other, a plurality of hood pressers provided between upper sides of metal frames on a free side of the hood structure and the vehicles and between lower sides thereof and the vehicles for urging the hood structures in their extension direction upon coupling operation, the plurality of hood pressers being arranged in a horizontal plane in convergent relation, and positioning members for guiding and engaging each other upon mutual approach of the members to effect a centering action, the positioning members being provided in the release side metal frames.

Abstract: Apparatus for aligning an object having a distinguishing feature in it, the apparatus including rotator means for holding and rotating the object about a rotation axis so that a portion of the surface including the distinguishing feature travels through a surface sensing region, engagement means for engaging the object and transferring it to and receiving it from the rotator means, sensing means for measuring and recording, during rotation of the object, position versus angular orientation information relating to position of the surface along an axis transverse to the surface, calculating means, responsive to the sensing means, for calculating from the position versus angular orientation information both the angular orientation of the distinguishing feature and the location of the center of the object with respect to the rotation axis, and alignment correction means for generating angular correction signals for rotating the object such that the distinguishing feature attains a predetermined angular orientatio

Abstract: A collpasible settee having a plurality of seats which are foldable into a smaller number of seats, comprising a rectangular settee frame having a substantial frame for two collapsible seat frames; both ends of the settee frame are connected to a conventional permanently upholstered frame; a crook groove is formed on each of two end walls of the settee frame at a side facing each other; two crook grooves are provided on a central wall; three longitudinal guiding blocks having channels are disposed on the settee frame; a runner longitudinally slidable on the channel is formed on each guiding block; two collapsible seat frames are disposed in two distinct interior sections of the settee frame; each collapsible seat frame has a shaft slidably received by the crook groove, a main frame, a foot-rest panel, and a back panel; and the settee is collapsible with the collapsible seat frames collapsed into folded state, the both end conventional parts of the settee are folded by sliding each end part in a direction towa

Abstract: The invention provides a printer table with a paper carriage, such that, at least, four grades of paper can be held in readiness without difficulty, each of them properly arranged for feeding. The paper carriage is able to be inserted beneath the printer table. The printer table has a bottom frame, open at one wide side, with a traverse element at the opposite broadside (or wide side) and vertical posts at the four corners of the bottom frame. The width of the paper carriage corresponds to the distance between the two posts which define the limits of the open wide side of the printer table. The paper carriage includes one bottom or base plate or a plurality of bottom, or base, plates having raised edges.

Abstract: An improved vehicle restraint for preventing movement of the vehicle such as a truck away from a loading dock during a loading operation. The vehicle restraint includes a guide frame mounted on the front face of the loading dock and a carriage or slide is moved vertically on the guide frame by a fluid cylinder unit between a lower storage position and an upper operative position. A restraining member is movably mounted with respect to the slide and is biased to an inoperative position where the restraining member is disposed beneath the level of the upper surface of the slide. Extending the cylinder unit will move the slide upwardly into engagement with the ICC bar on the truck and further extension of the cylinder unit after engagement of the slide with the ICC bar will move the restraining member from the inoperative position to an operative position above the level of the slide to thereby provide an obstruction to prevent the truck from pulling away from the loading dock.

Abstract: Apparatus for remotely handling a device in an irradiated underwater environment includes a plurality of tubular sections interconnected end-to-end to form a handling structure, the bottom section being adapted for connection to the device. A support section is connected to the top tubular section and is adapted to be suspended from an overhead crane. Each section is flanged at its opposite ends. Axially retractable bolts in each bottom flange are threadedly engageable with holes in the top flange of an adjacent section, each bolt being biased to its retracted position and retained in place on the bottom flange. Guide pins on each top flange cooperate with mating holes on adjacent bottom flanges to guide movement of the parts to the proper interconnection orientation.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a portable file which comprises an open housing with side walls, an end surface and a base; a translatable container within the housing having a plurality of removable file divider walls, protrusions on the side surface of the file divider walls engage angled slots on the container side walls. The file divider walls include a hinged attachment to the housing bottom surface; a lid similar in construction to the "roll top" of a desk covers the open upper surface of the housing in one extreme translated or "rolled" position to its opposite extreme position where it is stored between the lower surface of the container side walls. With the lid in its stored position, the container can be translated relative to the housing causing the file divider walls and contents to rotate from their stored position where they are closely angled to the housing bottom to a substantially upright file use position.

Abstract: A carriage is mounted for longitudinal movement on the elevator of a stacker crane and carries a rod adapted to engage the flange on the container drawer to move the drawer in and out of the storage rack. The rod is mounted on a pair of chains trained on sprockets at opposed sides of the carriage. Drive means is provided for moving the carriage back and forth into and out of contact with the storage rack at the level where the drawer enters the slot or bin in the rack. As the chains move on the sprockets, the extractor rod engages the flange on the drawer and, depending upon the direction the chains are moving, either pulls the drawer out or pushes it into its slot. The container drawer slides on suitable supports in the rack and on the carriage.

Abstract: A container for receiving currency bills or the like includes a plurality of adjacent compartments (22) and a housing (12) enclosing these with a closure unit (18) which is designed for selectively unblocking a predetermined compartment opening. The compartments are made up of individual compartment receptacles (22) which are arranged to be movable in the housing (12) parallel to the direction in which the compartment opening points and to which a positioning device (136) is assigned, through which respectively one compartment receptacle (22) can be moved between a waiting position, in which it is completely inside the housing (12), and an access position in which it partially protrudes out of the opening which is unblocked by the closure unit and substantially corresponds to the cross section of the compartment receptacle (22).

Abstract: A work station apparatus resembling a conventional flat top desk in which is housed a cathode ray tube (CRT) type computer display terminal unit, a central processing unit (CPU) usually including the disc drive, a keyboard unit and a printer unit. The CRT display unit is mounted on support stand means for permitting movement of the CRT display unit anywhere within a three dimensional field and rotation about a horizontal axis and a vertical axis.

Abstract: A merchandising stand is provided with a plurality of walls for displaying items for sale, and the walls enclose storage space that can be used for storage of additional merchandise. Adapter panels can be fixed to one or more of the walls to change the surface, and change the mounting arrangement for items for sale. With the several walls and several surfaces, a great variety of forms of merchandise can be displayed. One or more of the adapter panels may be stored within the stand. The merchandising stand includes a base allowing rotation of the stand so the merchandising stand can be placed adjacent to a wall or the like and all surfaces are viewable by a customer.

Abstract: In a device for adjusting the support pressure of the passenger's thighs by raising or lowering a thigh support part in a seat cushion, a lock mechanism is mounted both in a seat frame and the thigh support pipe which rotates in the up and down directions of said seat frame. The lock mechanism consists of a lock piece pivotally fixed to a rotating shaft disposed horizontally in the thigh support pipe, a stopper which engages with the lock piece mounted rotatably free to the thigh support pipe and a lock release lever which releases a locking state by pushing said stopper in the direction opposite to its engaging direction.

Abstract: A display case having a base frame upon which is mounted a transparent enclosure and further including a floor panel for supporting an object to be displayed which interlocks with the base frame at different positions so that the supporting surface can be recessed at different levels within the base frame.

Abstract: A powered desk is described. The desk has a work surface supported by a base consisting of a pair of generally vertical support members connected by an elongate, generally horizontal structural member which has a hollow interior. The ends of the structural member are mounted in annular openings formed in the vertical support members, with end faces exposed and accessible. Electrical connectors are mounted in the opposing end faces and are connected by electrical wiring extending through the interior of the structural member, whereby electric power or signals can be transferred across the full length of the desk and coupled by a suitable jumper to a similar desk. Additionally, electrical connectors are mounted along the surface of the structural member intermediate of the end faces, and tap into the contained electrical wiring to make electric power, telephone signals and other electrically transferred information available at the desk.

Abstract: In a motor vehicle seat including a seat part and a back each formed by a support frame and a padding of foamed plastics material with an outer cover fixed to the support frame, attachment counterframes provided with rapid engagement parts which are releasably engageable with complementary engagement parts the support frames are incorporated in the padding of the seat part and the back.

Abstract: An apparatus in the form of a trailer for handling and transporting, in a fully assembled state, a machine having a double frame such as a conventional concrete finishing machine is disclosed. The apparatus features a chassis, a scissors lift mounted on the chassis and a pair of spaced guideways for supporting a double frame thereon rotatably attached to the upper end of the lift. Eye hooks for locking the guideways relative to the chassis to prevent rotation of the guideways while the apparatus is in transport are also disclosed. The disclosed apparatus also features a pair of plates slidably carried in the guideways and an adjustable worm gear assembly for moving the plates within the guideways to transfer the load represented by double frame when loading or unloading the same.

Abstract: In an ion implantation device having a wafer holder assembly with a plurality of wafer holders each with a retractable wafer clamp and a wafer feeder for loading a wafer onto each wafer holder, there is provided a misalignment sensor which includes a light source for directing a collimated beam of light onto each wafer holder once a wafer has been loaded onto a corresponding wafer holder but before being clamped. A light sensor is coupled to the light souce for detecting light reflected at a predetermined angle from a loaded wafer. A display is provided for indicating misalignment of a wafer in response to the absence of reflected light being detected by the sensor at a predetermined time following loading.