Abstract: A mode switching assembly for switching a riding lawn care vehicle between a manual mode of operation and a remote mode of operation may include a manual input bracket that receives a manually applied speed control from a local operator at the riding lawn care vehicle, a remote input bracket that receives a remotely applied speed control from a remote operator relative to the riding lawn care vehicle, an output bracket that drives a speed of the riding lawn care vehicle based on an input to a selected one of the manual input bracket or the remote input bracket, and a selection assembly operably coupling the selected one of the manual input bracket or the remote input bracket to the output bracket to define the manual and remote modes of operation. The selection assembly may include a biasing assembly to bias the selection assembly such that, by default, the output bracket is operably coupled to the manual input bracket.

Abstract: A device for separating metallic and non-metallic materials via an inclined conveyor belt and vibrating plate feed. Feed material is dropped from the feed plate onto the inclined portion of the conveyor. Magnetic material adheres to the inclined belt by attraction to a magnetic plate spaced such that the belt interposes between the magnetic plate and the materials to be separated. Non-metallic materials fall down the incline into a collection area. The device further includes a second magnetic plate, after the first, oriented to diverge from the belt in the direction of conveyance to provide a uniform, attenuating magnetic flux.

Abstract: An apparatus for making thin protective gloves from a double thermoplastic film web comprises a belt conveyor intermittently moving the film web over a flat bed. Two tool assemblies, each having four identical cutting and welding tools on an intermittently rotatable vertical shaft, are disposed at opposite sides of the conveyor. Each tool has a heated die formed to the shape of the gloves and a suction plate disposed within the die. The tools of the tool assemblies are successively pressed against the web portion on the flat bed during the rest periods of the conveyor. The suction plates lift the gloves parted from the web and transfer them to a delivery station on rotation of the shafts.