Abstract: An apparatus for sequentially aligning a number of screws with a screwdriver and guiding the number of screws during advancement by the screwdriver is disclosed. The apparatus includes a body which includes (i) a channel adapted to receive a screw strip having the number of screws supported thereon, (ii) a feed passage adapted to sequentially receive the number of screws from the channel, and (ii) a guide track having a planar segment and an inclined ramp segment.

Abstract: A tool having a body with two broad sides and a margin along which a cutting edge extends, and discrete, discontinuous protrusions from at least one of said broad sides, spaced from said cutting edge and from one another. The protrusions can take the form of concave dimples with a ridge on their perimeter or convex dimples with a smooth outermost surface, with or without complementary concave dimples, which preferably, but not necessarily, have ridges on their perimeters.

Abstract: In order to enable both miters and box joints to be fabricated using the same piece of apparatus, a miter fence is provided with multiple slidable portions or segments which enable a ledge to be projected from a lower edge of one of the fence faces and for a gap, which is consistent with the spacing required between the male pins of a box joint, to be opened up. A tab is provided to enable a work piece to be placed in abutment therewith. This tab can be used as each slot is cut using a dado blade to set the appropriate spacing for the next slot. The ends of the fence are provided with end caps which have a 45.degree. angle. These caps can be removed and switched about so that the fence can be used on either the left and the right hand sides of the saw table.

Abstract: An improved circular saw blade is provided which has a plurality of dimples formed on the body of the blade by cold-working the blade. The dimples each include a circumferential ridge which extends above the surfaces of the blade's body. When a side load is applied to the work piece, the ridges contact the one of the walls defining the kerf being cut that is forced by the load against the blade, so that the surface of the blade's body is spaced from the wall. The dimples are formed by cold working the blade, which stiffens the blade, reducing the vibration of the blade during the cutting process. The dimples and their ridges also provide greater heat dissipation, and tend to provide a laminar flow of air over the surface of the blade, acting much as the dimples of a golf ball.

Abstract: A power outlet strip having at least one receptacle; a member for receiving power from a power source; a switch coupled between the receptacle and the member for receiving power, which operates to control power transfer to the receptacle; a sliding member; and a safety key for controlling the position of the sliding member. When the safety key is engaged in the outlet strip, it positions the sliding member such that the switch is accessible and operable by an operator. When the safety key is removed from the outlet strip, is positions the sliding member such that the switch is inoperable by the operator. The outlet strip also includes a switch cover for covering the switch. The switch cover has at least one leaf spring and an actuating member. The actuating member is operative for toggling the switch to an OFF position when the switch cover is depressed. The leaf spring is operative for maintaining the actuating member above the switch when no pressure is applied to the switch cover.

Abstract: A double-ended drill bit having opposed cutting ends of different structural configurations is provided in combination with a sleeve or holder to be received within a drill chuck. The sleeve is provided with a cylindrical body having a top end with a pair of helically-shaped longitudinally extending members in spaced mating relation attached thereto. One cutting end of a drill bit is received within the cylindrical body and the spaced helically-shaped members.

Abstract: Online presentation of BOOKMASTER based publications on an ASCII terminal. Flat ASCII files are created directly from BOOKMASTER publications and an ASCII browser is invoked. A list of viewable publications is presented to a user. After the user selects a publication, the selected publication is opened and the chapter titles are displayed. After the user selects a specific chapter, the ASCII browser proceeds directly to that chapter and displays the material contained therein. The browser repeatedly retrieves chapters of the publication without restarting the program.

Abstract: A torque converter for translating torque from a prime mover to an input shaft of a transmission including a torque input member, an impeller assembly, a turbine assembly and a lock-up clutch assembly interposed between the turbine assembly and a torque input member. The torque converter further includes a torsional damper operatively interconnecting the turbine assembly and the lock-up clutch assembly. The torsional damper includes a plurality of reaction members integrally formed with a plurality of turbine blades and extending from the turbine shell and operatively coupled with the lock-up clutch assembly. The plurality of integrally formed reaction members define a predetermined spring rate such that torsional forces generated between the turbine assembly and the lock-up clutch assembly are damped through the flexing of the reaction members.

Abstract: A brush and slip ring apparatus for an alternating current generator. A brush assembly is secured to a rotor shaft of the generator to rotate therewith. The brush assembly includes two axially spaced brushes that are pivoted to a brush support that is secured to the shaft. When the shaft is rotated, the brushes move outwardly away from the shaft due to centrifugal force. The brushes respectively engage two axially spaced fixed slip rings that surround the brush assembly. The brushes are maintained engaged with the slip rings due to centrifugal forces developed by the pivotally mounted brushes. The brushes are connected to a field coil of the rotor of the generator.

Abstract: A apparatus for recurling, transporting, sorting and stacking individually fed sheets of paper received from devices such as printing or duplicating machinery. A recurler, comprising a plurality of recurleer belts, trained about a drive roller, a feed roller, and a forward roller, against which a recurler roller is urged, is provided for recurling all sheets entering the enclosure of the sorting apparatus. A conveyor belt assembly urges the sheets against the upper surfaces of a plurality of deflectors to convey the sheets through the enclosure. A lower surface of each deflector selectively deflects the sheets into designated receiving trays, or optionally allows the sheets to be expelled from the enclosure.

Abstract: A computer memory is transformed such that a data word to be sent to an address is transformed into a transformed data word, and the address to which it is to be sent is transformed to a transformed address. Such transformations are by inversion and permutation of the memory lines (address or data). The data transformation process depends on the address. The data inverse transformation process also depends on the address, but there is no address inverse transformation process. The invention may be used whenever it is desired to more nearly equalize the use of all the bits of the memory, or to impede unauthorized persons from extracting the virtual addresses and data from the transformed addresses and data.

Abstract: An edge aligner/holder 10 having an edge aligner 30 with a resilient front end 32 and a tail piece 34 cooperatively interengaged with a reciprocating mechanism 36, and having a holder 20 with at least one rest 23 and one backstop 24, the holder 20 mounted above said front end 32 on said edge aligner 30. The resilient front end 32 of the edge aligner 30 holds a job stack 2 containing sheets which already have been piled in alignment when the edge aligner 30 is in its forward position, while at the same time holding the trailing edge of a next sheet 3, the leading edge of which sheet has already been deposited upon the job stack 2, so that the offset movement of this next sheet 3 may be accomplished without disturbing the alignment and piling of the job stack 2 immediately below it.

Abstract: A jogging apparatus 22 has motor 24 mounted within a support frame 20. Motor 24 has a motor shaft 28 to which is connected hub 30. Projecting outwardly from motor hub 30 along an axis parallel to, but eccentrically offset from, the axis of motor shaft 28 is eccentric pin 34. Slotted link 32 slidably engages slot pins 36 and 38 in transverse slots 42 and 44 respectively of slotted link 32 for transverse movement of slotted link 32. Slotted link 32 also has an orthogonal slot 46 generally perpendicular to transverse slots 42 and 44. Eccentric pin 34 is slidably engaged within orthogonal slot 46 such that as motor shaft 28 is rotated, the rotational motion of shaft 28 is converted into the side-to-side motion of slotted link 32. Eccentric pin 34 projects somewhat beyond the outer surface of slotted link 32 and typically terminates in enlarged head 57. Enlarged head 57, with respect to orthogonal slot 46, describes an up and down movement within slot 46, as motor shaft 28 rotates.

Abstract: A harness for hitching a moistened-tissue dispenser onto a conventional toilet-tissue roll holder so that a user has ready access to either type of tissue. The dispenser is formed by a cylindrical can housing a roll of pre-moistened tissue perforated along its length to provide individual tissues that are successively withdrawn through an orifice in the cover of the can below which is an annular groove. The harness, which is formed of flexible plastic material, consists of a hoop adapted to encircle the can groove and a pair of straps extending from the hoop at diametrically opposed positions. Adjacent the free end of each strap is a hole, making it possible to link the strap to an end journal of a spring-biased, retractable spindle supporting the toilet-tissue roll, the spindle journals being received in bearing sockets on the holder. The straps suspend the moistened-tissue dispenser below the toilet-tissue roll.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a paper sheet stacking and jogging apparatus for the semi-continuous stacking and jogging of individually fed sheets of paper from devices such as printing or duplicating machinery. A conveyor, comprising a pair of powered forward pinch rollers and a pair of powered rearward pinch rollers each having a plurality of driving tires, conveys the sheets within the apparatus. A beam strengthener, comprising two pairs of crowned and recessed tires, which are not driving tires, give the sheets beam strength as they are deposited to prevent jamming of the apparatus. A high-capacity, self-leveling tray assembly and elevating elevator receives the deposited sheets. A jogger selectively jogs the sheets which are deposited into the tray assembly into physically separated, distinct, aligned job stacks.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method of utilization thereof of a robot with a floating arm. The floating arm aspect of the robot allows the robot to align its associated tooling with the workpiece in situations where the workpiece may be in a variety at different locations. By use of the present invention the requirement for use of a vision system to accomplish alignment between the robot and the workpiece is eliminated.

Abstract: The present invention provides an end of arm tooling (EOAT) internal gripper device for a robot. The EOAT of the present invention provides a gripper portion which can be elastically deformed by being extended or retracted by an internal rod actuator. Extension of the actuator rod causes the gripper portion to assume a smaller dimensional shape for insertion into a workpiece cavity. Retraction of the actuator rod causes the gripper portion to increase in dimension therefore engaging and gripping the workpiece. The EOAT of the present invention is extremely useful in applications requiring large amounts of compliance, delicate handling, and/or in environments wherein an air supply is not available or desirable.