Abstract: A cargo restraint device that provides for multiple top-mounted restraint elements placed strategically around the top surface of a heavy metal coil for securing the metal coil to a surface of a transportation vehicle. The device includes a pair of elongated, heavy-duty restraint belts that are adapted to be placed length-wise over the top of the heavy metal coil and along each edge of the heavy metal coil and spaced-apart from each other, each belt having a first inner surface and a second outer surface and further having (optional) integral tabs extending outwardly from the respective edges of the heavy-duty restraint belt and being spaced at a pre-determined distance along the major axis of belt. A plurality of angle irons are adapted to be rigidly mounted to the outer surface of each belt transverse to the major axis of each belt in registry with the tabs.

Abstract: A feed apparatus feed apparatus for delivering particulate material to a foundry furnace having disposed therein a furnace form defining an annulus with the furnace exterior wall for receipt of the particulate material. The novel feed apparatus broadly includes a cover, having a top end, side wall, and a bottom end, the latter of which is adapted to fit on top of the furnace ring or melt deck floor; a rotatable tabletop that is adapted to fit on the top end of the cover while permitting air ingress into the cover and having at least one access port for delivering the particulate material into the interior of the cover; a form top that is adapted to fit within the cover on top of the furnace form to facilitate delivery of said particulate material into the annulus made by the furnace form and the furnace exterior wall; means for rotating the tabletop about the centerline of the cover; and means for centering the tabletop as it rotates about the centerline of the cover.