Abstract: A hub for a pulley, gear, or wheel is formed with an integral key or other integral means for preventing relative rotation and with an integral stop for positioning the hub axially on a shaft. The hub has a generally cylindrical opening for a shaft, an integral key extending inwardly into the shaft opening along at least part of the shaft opening for engaging a keyway in the shaft, and an integral mechanical stop covering at least a portion of one end of the shaft opening. The integral key preferably extends the entire length of the shaft opening. The mechanical stop preferably has an opening which is disposed at least around one end of the integral key. The mechanical stop serves to position the pulley, gear, or wheel precisely with respect to the end of a shaft when the pulley, gear, or wheel is assembled onto the shaft. The keyed hub is manufactured by powder metallurgy. One or more body plates are welded to the formed hub to form a pulley, gear, or wheel, or the hub is pressed into a body plate.

Abstract: A one-piece, flanged, fluid-flow connector for connecting tube, pipe, hose or the like to a port face includes a base having a flat port face on one end, and a connection piece fixed to and extending from the other end. A set of tabs extends from the base, the tabs having apertures for mounting the connector. The base includes a reinforcement portion that transitions continuously from a lesser thickness adjacent the tabs to a greater thickness adjacent to the connection piece. The connector makes it feasible to provide a one-piece, two-bolt connector which occupies substantially less space than a comparable connector of the prior art, but which handles at least the same fluid pressures.

Abstract: A swivelling device to adjust the swivelling of two mechanical parts includes a flexible coupling placed between the two mechanical parts which have opposed interior surfaces facing each other. The opposed external surfaces of the swivelling device are contiguous with respective opposed interior surfaces of the two mechanical part and providing a flexible cushion between the two parts. The method for positioning the flexible coupling includes the operations of drilling a hole into one of the mechanical parts and then injecting a flexible material through the hole to form a flexible coupling between the two mechanical parts.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a furniture fitting that is detachably fastened to a furniture part. The fitting comprises a fitting body removably mounted on the furniture part, an expansion sleeve insertible into an opening arranged in the furniture part, and an expansion portion for the expansion sleeve and passing through the fitting body. A peg or bolt is provided for connecting the expansion portion to the expansion sleeve. The expansion portion has a body preferably tapered, at one end, and is articulated, at the opposite end, to a tiltable clamping lever supported by the fitting body. The fitting body includes projections directed towards the expansion portion. The expansion portion abuts a shoulder of each projection.

Abstract: A cable tray junction assembly for attaching together a plurality of cable supporting rails including a central body having a peripherally extending vertical surface having a plurality of apertures. The central body forming a horizontal plane and having a vertical axis extending there through. The junction assembly further including a coupler for joining a cable supporting rail to the central body. The coupler including a rail connecting portion adapted to be secured to the rail and a central body connecting portion adapted to be secured to the vertical surface of the central body. The central body connecting portion including a lateral extent that engages the vertical surface such that the engagement between the lateral extent and the vertical surface resists rotation about the vertical axis.

Abstract: Past applications have found that a joint becomes damaged due to the high loading and vibration loads in which it encounters during operation. The counterbored joint utilizes the flexible shim that is larger than the body receiving bore. A undercut is machined into the body receiving bore which allows for the flexible shim to be placed within the body receiving bore between the first and second step surfaces. The first step surface is parallel to the second step surface which distributes stresses uniformly and helps in sealing. The principal use is for a cylinder liner joint, however any joint that is highly loaded or encounters vibrational loads will benefit from this invention. For example, a hydraulic joint that utilizes a piston in operation may be remanufactured with this invention.

Abstract: A pin joint including a pin having opposite stepped axial ends and an outer surface extending therebetween, the pin being adapted to be supported for pivotal movement in a bearing of a first member such as a lift arm or the like with the opposite stepped axial ends in predetermined axially spaced relation to axial end faces of the bearing. A pair of annular retainers are adapted to be positioned in apertures of brackets or other elements of a second member such as a bucket or other implement and have inner circumferential stepped surfaces defining cavities adapted for cooperatively receiving and engaging the stepped axial ends of the pin, respectively, for positioning the retainers and the pin in predetermined axial relation to the bearing.

Abstract: A fastening device for the fastening of a plurality of furniture fittings to a furniture part includes an anchoring rail which is to be fastened to a side wall of a piece of furniture and has lateral openings for receiving fastening pins of the fastening device has a locking rail (10, 19) which is complementary to the and is displaceable relative to the anchoring rail while advantageously being guided therein and which has edge portions which latch in behind projections of the fastening pins in a locked position. The locking rail is movable by way of an eccentric mounted in the anchoring rail rail.

Abstract: A process for securing a guiding member on a support which includes at least one opening which is substantially greater in dimension than an end of the guiding member which is supported therein. A space provided between the at least one opening and the end of the guiding member is filled with a polymerizable resin which is polymerized to secure the guide member within the opening after the guiding member has been precisely positioned in a predetermined position. A marking apparatus incorporates the guiding member secured to the support, and elements are provided for retaining the guiding member in position within the at least one opening and, in some embodiments, for selectively adjusting or removing the guide bar from the at least one opening.

Abstract: There is described a device for fixing the front panel (1) of a drawer on a lateral, metallic frame (2) of the drawer by means of a holder (3) provided on the front panel (1) and protruding against the frame (2), which holder consists of a supporting plate (4) and a pressing plate (5), between which the frame (2) can be clamped by means of a clamping screw (6) extending through the frame (2) in an insertion slot (12) open at the front, where the holder (3) on the one hand has an adjusting eccentric (18) vertically supported on a supporting stop (19) of the frame (2) and on the other hand a locating stop (15), which engages behind a locking stop (14) of the frame (2) extending transverse to the longitudinal direction of the frame and having an inclined stop face (17).

Abstract: An apparatus for protecting the gate of an animal enclosure with an electrified wire that also extends along fencing includes a reel that dispenses and collects the wire to minimize the possibility of shock during gate opening and closing procedures. A hollow reel housing is mounted to a first fence post to which the gate is hingedly attached. A truncate wire connected to a source of electrical power such as an electrified fence wire extends into the hollow reel housing through a first opening and is connected to a nonrotating electrical contact. An annular rotating electrical contact is in electrical communication with a proximal end of wire coiled about the reel and is mounted on the reel so that the wire remains in electrical communication with the source of power when the reel is rotating in a wire-dispensing direction or in a wire-collecting direction. The wire, when uncoiled, extends through a second opening formed in the hollow reel housing.

Abstract: An improved joint for using on a baby stroller, being structurally provided with a twofold engagement effect, is provided. Whereby, when the baby stroller is stretched or collapsed, the joint can be in engagement and latching state without providing of additional engaging members, and reducing of cost and convenience of using can be achieved. The joint is comprised mainly of a first connecting member provided on an upper bracing rod and a second connecting member provided on a lower bracing rod. Wherein, the first connecting member is provided at the rear side thereof with a receiving chamber for receiving a pulling component. The pulling component has an engaging piece being able to extend into an upper pivotal connecting portion on the bottom of the first connecting member by means of a spring. The second connecting member is provided in a lower pivotal connecting portion on the top thereof with a first engaging groove and a second engaging groove.

Abstract: A tube joint comprises: a pushing ring provided at its outer periphery with a projection and fitted to an outer periphery of one end of a joint tube; a tube or a joint body provided at is side opposed to the pushing ring with a projection opposed to the projection of the pushing ring, the tube or the joint body having a receiving portion which is widened toward the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body being fitted to an outer periphery of the joint tube with a peripheral gap left therebetween; a fastening tool capable of moving the pushing ring in a direction of the tube or the joint body; a packing provided between inner and outer side of the tube or the joint body and the joint tube, and fitted through the receiving portion by its own resilient deformation by operation of the fastening tool; and a spacer inserted between the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body to limit a distance between the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body to a constant value.

Abstract: A breakaway system for a compressed natural gas fueling hose. The system includes an upper ring that surrounds the fueling hose. A lower portion includes three concentric disks that are arranged as a gimbals. An outer disk is coupled to the upper ring with three rods. The lower portion surrounds a male connector. A female connector, generally of the type known a quick-release connector, is coupled to the fueling hose. When the female connector is connected to the male connector, an outer sleeve of the female connector engages the inner disk of the gimbals. When a lateral force is exerted by the hose against the upper ring, the rods cause at least the outer ring to tilt relative to the male connector. Because of the gimbals arrangement, the inner disk always remains substantially flat and thus exerts a force against the sleeve thereby disconnecting the female connector from the male connector.