Abstract: An elastomeric cap for concealing a fastener used to secure an object (e.g., an elastomeric object such as foam padding or the like) to a substrate (e.g., frame, wall, etc.). A head of a fastener may be inserted through an aperture in one wall of the cap and into an internal cavity of the cap. A shank of the fastener may be at least partially inserted into or through an aperture of the object (e.g., and the substrate). A tool (e.g., screwdriver, torque wrench, etc) may be inserted through an opposing aperture in an opposing second wall of the cap and used to manipulate the fastener head and thus the shank to secure the object to the substrate via clamping of the object between the fastener head and opposing second wall of the cap on one hand and the substrate on the other hand.

Abstract: A flexible protective headgear device providing a plurality of deformable raised pads to provide cushion against impact and are spaced apart to provide flexibility to conform to a user's head, the raised pads cooperating to reduce spacing between the raised pads upon flexing, the entire device being capable of being substantially formed from a single material.

Abstract: An elastomeric cap for concealing a fastener used to secure an object (e.g., an elastomeric object such as foam padding or the like) to a substrate (e.g., frame, wall, etc.). A head of a fastener may be inserted through an aperture in one wall of the cap and into an internal cavity of the cap. A shank of the fastener may be at least partially inserted into or through an aperture of the object (e.g., and the substrate). A tool (e.g., screwdriver, torque wrench, etc) may be inserted through an opposing aperture in an opposing second wall of the cap and used to manipulate the fastener head and thus the shank to secure the object to the substrate via clamping of the object between the fastener head and opposing second wall of the cap on one hand and the substrate on the other hand.

Abstract: A process for producing steel wire for tire cord includes providing a brass coating on the wire containing from about 54 to about 65% copper and from about 46 to about 35% zinc. The weight of the coating is within the range of from about 2.5 to about 13.0 grams per kilogram of wire. The coated wire is heated at a temperature of at least about 650.degree. F. for a time sufficient to reduce the hardness of the coating to a range of 40 to 70 Rockwell B. The heat treated wire is then cold reduced to final thickness. The wire subjected to this treatment has significantly improved drawability and greater coating continuity. In another aspect, an improved steel wire product for tire cord applications is provided when the brass coating contains from about 54 to about 62% copper and from about 46 to about 38% zinc and the coating weight is within the range of from about 7.0 to about 13.0 grams per kilogram of wire.

Abstract: The subject invention provides an improvement in split gas-wipe apparatus, which, although not limited thereto, is normally used in coating or cleaning applications on wire, rod, or strand. The conventional apparatus has two segments hinged along an outer edge parallel to the passline of the wire or rod. The segments have mateable half-conical guides on their entry side which, when contacted by joints in the workpieces, cause rotation of one segment, the other normally being fixed, so that the joints have sufficient space to automatically pass through. The improvement of this invention involves providing pivoted mounting means replacing the hinged joint, the mounting providing an axis of rotation for one of the segments in a plane normal to the passline and substantially spaced therefrom. Advantageously, much larger joints may pass through the apparatus.

Abstract: A system is provided for the electrolytic cleaning of metal wire which is arranged generally in horizontal, overlapped non-concentric loop form. The system includes a container for holding an electrolyte, means for conveying the wire in loop form through the electrolyte, and a plurality of tandem electrodes of opposite polarity separated by non-conductive barriers. The elongated electrodes include a wrap-around portion at each of their opposite ends. Each wrap-around portion provides from 5 to 35 percent additional electrode area which enables more effective cleaning to be accomplished adjacent the outer edges of the wire loops.