Abstract: A safety guard (10) and method of manually feeding a workpiece (11), such as a flat rectangular terminal board, to an assembly machine (13), such as a conventional eyeletting machine. The guard includes a hollow, generally hemispherical shield (20) having a slot (21) in a front face thereof, into which an end portion (A) of a workpiece may be inserted so that the working portion of the workpiece extends from the front of the shield toward the machine. The operator inserts his or her hand into a rear opening of the shield and securely grips the end portion of the workpiece between thumb and forefinger, so that the workpiece may freely be fed manually to the assembly machine, but the shield protects the operator's hand from injury by the machine details.

Abstract: Telephone dial mounting assemblies are disclosed wherein a uniquely constructed pair of resilient mounting elements, such as in the form of spring clips with bifurcated U-shaped leg sections, are secured to and interposed between the dial and associated support structure, permanently secured within a telephone housing, and having suitably dimensioned and positioned spring clip-receiving openings formed therein. Such a modular mounting assembly is not only of simplified, inexpensive and reliable construction, but advantageously allows dials of the same or different types to be rapidly and simply mounted within or removed from a telephone housing regardless of any differences either in the overall structural dimensions, or in the spacing or location of the attachment brackets or tabs, that may exist between alternative dials.