Abstract: A multi-opening oven assembly for simultaneously heating a plurality of blanks, for example aluminum blanks, before forming the heated blanks in a production line is provided. The oven assembly includes vertically aligned shelves to present a plurality of chambers for heating the blanks. A table including an entry side platform and an exit side platform moves vertically along the oven assembly. A rail system extends along the platforms and the shelves to convey the blanks in and out of the chambers. Once one set of heated blanks is removed from a first chamber, the table moves vertically to a second chamber and is ready to receive the next set of heated blanks. A continuous supply of heated blanks is provided for high throughput. The oven assembly is preferably disposed in a press adjacent a forming station of an existing production line and thus, no additional floor space is required.

Abstract: A multi-opening oven assembly for simultaneously heating a plurality of blanks, for example aluminum blanks, before forming the heated blanks in a production line is provided. The oven assembly includes vertically aligned shelves to present a plurality of chambers for heating the blanks. A table including an entry side platform and an exit side platform moves vertically along the oven assembly. A rail system extends along the platforms and the shelves to convey the blanks in and out of the chambers. Once one set of heated blanks is removed from a first chamber, the table moves vertically to a second chamber and is ready to receive the next set of heated blanks. A continuous supply of heated blanks is provided for high throughput. The oven assembly is preferably disposed in a press adjacent a forming station of an existing production line and thus, no additional floor space is required.

Abstract: A bracket having a plurality of notches is temporarily connected to a structural member of an internal combustion engine to support a plurality of push rods at a preselected location and orientation during assembly of a rocker arm assembly on a cylinder head. The bracket is slidably positionable on the structural member and the notches are configured in a manner to releasably support the push rods.

Abstract: A self-centering buffer pad assembly is constructed of conventional washable buffer pads releasably attached by hook-and-loop material to a support disk permanently covered with hook material; the replaceable buffer pads are lined with the less expensive loop material. The support disk has at its center a projecting tapered hub which acts to center the pad on the disk, and a threaded bushing for attachment of the assembly to a power tool.