Abstract: The checkout counter of the present invention is designed to locate an open bag in an ideal position in relation to a counter top of a packing station and to automatically deliver an open bag to the packing station from the bag dispenser which dispenses bags in a level below the optimum bag supporting position. The bag making machine is incorporated in the counter below the counter top and dispenses open bags at a level which is lower than the optimum level required for packing. An elevator mechanism is provided for receiving the bags from the bag making machine and elevating the bags to the required optimum level and the bags are transported along a support shelf at the required optimum level.

Abstract: An elevator system including an elevator car and counterweight, hoist roping, and chain compensation for the weight of the hoist roping. A chain wheel spaces and guides the compensating chain. Vibration in the elevator car, and airborne noise due to the chain, are substantially reduced by a mounting assembly for the chain wheel which mounts the chain wheel on springs. The springs are adjustably biased to partially support the weight of the chain wheel, to reduce the loading on the compensating chain.

Abstract: A switch is closed to generate a short duration pulse. The pulse activates a semiconductor switch which powers an indicator lamp and generates a D.C. control signal on a single conductor. A latching unit responds to the D.C. signal on the conductor to latch the switch in the activated state. A reset signal consisting of half wave pulses is transmitted over the conductor. These pulses charge a capacitor coupled to the switch input to substantially the peak voltage of the half wave pulses, which deactivates the switch. The capacitor holds a voltage of sufficient level to maintain the switch in the deactivated state until the latch unit is deactivated when transmission of the reset signal stops.

Abstract: A disc brake pad assembly includes a hard porcelain carrier body and a friction element affixed to the carrier body and having a work face for cooperation with a brake disc. The friction element is provided with a plurality of blind recesses which are open solely towards the work face. The assembly further includes a protective covering attached to the carrier body and extending over a rear face of the carrier body oriented away from the friction element. The protective covering extends over at least a portion of two oppositely located narrow sides which form part of the carrier body and which are spaced in a circumferential direction of the brake disc when the assembly is in operative relationship with the brake disc.

Abstract: A moisture removal assembly designed to be mounted on a brake shoe and pad structure of the rim engaging or caliper type brake assembly comprising a base designed to be removably attached to the brake shoe and a wiper blade structure depending from the base in spaced apart relation from the leading edge of the brake shoe and pad and further being disposed in sliding, wiping engagement with the surface of the rim engaged by the brake pad so as to remove moisture therefrom prior to braking engagement between the wheel rim and brake pad.

Abstract: Means of stringing trolley wires comprises a supporting portion, resilient portions and a sliding portion. The supporting portion comprises a box member having an opening at the bottom thereof, and each of the resilient portions comprises a spring member and a supporting rod which protrudes through the opening of the box member and is adapted to move and incline in compliance with the condition of the sliding portion while the sliding portion comprises a pair of long ears and long trolley wires clamped by the pair of the long ears. The long ears of the sliding portion are supported at predetermined intervals by a plurality of the supporting rods of the resilient portions.

Abstract: The pawl is retracted from the intermittently rotatable input shaft via a controlled abutment and a spring biased lever-mounted or piston-mounted roller. The abutment serves to start retraction of the pawl while the spring biased roller presses against a non-circular surface of the cam plate on which the pawl is mounted to complete removal of the pawl from the recess. The cam plate also has one or more cam surfaces for resetting the abutment after the pawl has been engaged in the shaft.

Abstract: A free wheel hub apparatus for vehicles having a wheel hub and an axle shaft includes a body integrally rotated with the wheel hub, an inner member disposed within the body and integrally rotated with the axle shaft, a bearing member interposed between the inner member and the body, a plurality of rollers interposed between the inner member and the body, a cage for supporting the rollers, and frictional means for engaging or disengaging the cage with or from a knuckle or the body according to the axial movement of the cage by a handle.

Abstract: A rear hub for a bicycle, in which a cylindrical bearing member is mounted to a hub shell axially outwardly of one of flanges thereof, the cylindrical member is provided at its outer periphery with a plurality of first and second engaging grooves extending axially of the cylindrical member, at least one connector insertable into the first engaging grooves connects a plurality of sprockets with spacers so as to form a multi-stage sprocket assembly, and each sprocket at the assembly holds pawls in mesh with the second engaging grooves respectively, so that the assembly may be detachably mounted to the cylindrical bearing member.

Abstract: A coin operated dispensing machine has a coin chute and an electrical coin mechanism which is subject to malfunction when exposed to liquid entering through the coin chute. The coin mechanism is protected from such liquid by providing the coin chute with a liquid reject mechanism including a liquid pervious gate extending across the chute and which separates the path of coins from the path of liquid. Coins are diverted laterally for delivery to the coin mechanism. Any liquid is discharged downwardly through the gate and into a liquid trough. A splash guard is mounted between the liquid trough and the coin mechanism.

Abstract: A housing in which to receive a plurality of cigarettes and defining an outlet opening through which cigarettes may be successively discharged from the interior of the housing. Flush closing door structure is supported from the housing and shiftable between a flush closed position closing the opening and an open position. The housing defines coin slots for receiving coins therein and in which coins may be temporarily supported in predetermined position. Also, coin displacement structure is provided within the housing for shifting between inactive and active positions and is manually shiftable between the active and inactive positions thereof from the exterior of the housing. The door includes abutment structure engageable by coins upon displacement of the coins by the coin displacement structure during its movement from the inactive position to the active position thereof, to shift the door from the flush closed position thereof toward the open position thereof.

Abstract: An MP refining unit treats medium sweet charge oil with N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solvent, hereafter referred to as MP, in a refining extractor to yield raffinate and extract mix. The MP is recovered from the raffinate and from the extract mix and returned to the extractor. A system controlling the refining unit includes a gravity analyzer, a refractometer and viscosity analyzer, all analyzing the medium sweet charge oil and providing corresponding signals, sensors sense the flow rates of the charge oil and the MP flowing into the refining tower and the temperature of the extract mix and provide corresponding signals. One of the flow rates of the medium sweet charge oil and the MP flow rates is controlled in accordance with the signals from all the analyzers and all the sensors, while the other flow rate of the medium sweet charge oil and the MP flow rates is constant.

Abstract: Apparatus for intermediately storing products on a storage device, such as a pallet or the like, comprises an inserter member for feeding products supplied by a conveyor to the storage device. The inserter member is arranged transversely of the conveyor and has a displaceable plunger combined with a planar support surface which is connected to the plunger and which co-operates with a stripper member for returning the intermediately stored products to the conveyor. A discharge member is provided to displace products in storage onto the planar surface support.

Abstract: A machine includes a fixed outer cylinder having a cylindrical inner wall, a rotary inner cylinder coaxial with the inner wall, a conical bottle rolling table disposed inside the inner cylinder, a guide rail extending from the table along the inner periphery of the inner cylinder to a position thereabove, drive blades provided on the inner periphery of the inner cylinder, a bottle support secured to the outer periphery of the inner cylinder, a guide ring arranged above the bottle support between the inner wall and the inner cylinder, and bottle position adjusting guides provided on the outer periphery of the inner cylinder. Empty bottles are supplied to the table, and then raised along the guide rail to a position above the inner cylinder and pushed out in a horizontal position over the upper edge of the inner cylinder onto the guide ring and the position adjusting guides by the blades.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transporting layers of sheets in which the layers of sheets are carried off discontinuously transversely to the direction in which they are supplied and follow the layers of sheets previously carried off. The apparatus comprises a belt conveyor running at a substantially constant velocity, and a belt run with upper and lower belts which is connected in front of the continuously running belt conveyor and overlaps it at least in part. The belt run may be driven intermittently at a velocity varying between standstill and a higher velocity than that of the belt conveyor. The distance between the upper and lower belts may be varied cyclically.

Abstract: In a cavity identification system the containers, which are upright, will be in single file and will be diverted from a linear conveyor by a rotating starwheel, having in the periphery thereof, pockets which generally correspond to the external diameter of the containers. The starwheel serves to guide the containers from the side of the conveyor, in slightly spaced-apart fashion, over an identification station where the cavity identification reader is positioned. After the container has passed the reading position, it will be moved back onto the moving conveyor so that the container will be carried to a later processing position. Guard rails are provided at both the incoming and outgoing ends of the cavity reading system to guide the containers in series relationship. The described inspection apparatus may be moved as a unit away from the side of the conveyor an amount to clear the normal span of the conveyor.

Abstract: A novel apparatus for vertically conveying bulk materials is provided which includes a vertical belt conveyor comprised of two endless conveyor belts guided to travel upwardly along a substantially vertical plane in a face-to-face overlapping relation to each other and a highspeed bulk projector for packing bulk material into between the opposing faces of the two conveyor belts, utilizing the momentum of the bulk material per se. The two conveyor belts are guided at the bottom so as to turn round in directions opposite to each other in substantially symmetrical fashion and bulk material is projected rapidly under the effect of centrifugal force to the bottom belt junction where the two conveyor belts come to join each other. The conveying apparatus, with its highspeed bulk projector combined with a rotary bucket wheel type bulk feeder, forms a vertical bulk delivering apparatus which is compact and highly versatile.

Abstract: An elevator-conveyor for conveying bulk material over a predetermined path, at least a portion of which is in a vertical or near vertical direction, comprises a pair of juxtaposed belts between which the bulk material is to be located, and apparatus for applying air pressure directly on one or both of the outer belt surfaces when the belts are in the vertical or near vertical direction. The air pressure presses the belts towards one another and against the interposed bulk material so as to enclose the same; and at the same time, the juxatoposed longitudinal edge portions of the belts are pressed against each other to contain the bulk material. Apparatus is also provided for ensuring effective feeding of the conveyor and the mechanical sealing thereof against undesirable air flow. Provision is made for appropriate belts for use with the conveyor.

Abstract: A conveyor assembly for moving particulate material such as grain on a conveyor belt. The conveyor assembly includes a tail section, one or more intermediate sections according to the needed length, and a head section. The head section contains a powered drive pulley. The tail section contains a tail pulley. An endless conveyor belt is trained between the tail pulley and the drive pulley. Each intermediate section carries at least one roller for carrying the forward run of the conveyor belt. The intermediate section rollers have a contoured, concave surface to support the conveyor belt with a dish-shaped or concave profile such that material is held on the conveyor belt and inhibited from spilling over the sides. The tail pulley is mounted in a tail pulley shroud having a funnel-shaped outlet directed toward the forward run of the conveyor belt.

Abstract: A dual cable conveyor and a turn comprising two parallel horiztonally running container-conveying and supporting cables. The cables run in parallel tracks and both simultaneously support the can which straddles the cables. At the turn, an upper and a lower sheave are provided independently rotatable about a common vertical axis. Each sheave has a peripheral groove defined by a narrow upper flange and a wide cable-supporting lower flange. The upper flange is less than the radius of the cable and the lower flange is greater than the radius but smaller than the diameter. The inner cable rides about the upper sheave which is smaller and runs faster than the lower sheave. The inner cable has lengthwise thereof its upper sector tangential to the outer periphery of the upper sheave and therewith supports and advances the cans between appropriately curved inner and outer guide rails.

Abstract: A combination cigarette and lighter case is provided in which a lighter holder is removably mounted on a cigarette case. The lighter holder comprises a tubular member of non-rigid material adapted to fit snugly about the cigarette lighter. The lighter holder is especially suitable for use with disposable cigarette lighters of various configurations. The cigarette case and lighter holder are provided with a set of fasteners which allow the lighter holder to be conveniently engaged and disengaged. Preferably, with the lighter holder secured to the cigarette case, the lid of the cigarette case is held closed.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a storage container for a magnetic recording tape cartridge comprising a pair of tape hubs each having six hub-toothings located at equal space and projected radially inwardly within a drive shaft inserting hole of the hub. The container comprises an open receptacle container body having a pair of side walls, a bottom wall and an end wall connected with each of the side walls at one end thereof; a lid member connected with the receptacle container body for rotation to close the container; and a pair of hub locking members disposed in either the receptacle container body or the lid member so as to lock the hubs against rotation.

Abstract: A prescription kit for travelers somewhat suggestive of a doctor's bag for psychological purposes with a flat base and internally compartmented to hold containers, ordinarily vials, in upright position and clearly visible when the bag-like case is opened, the vials having caps with insignia thereon to indicate their drug contents which will be a largely standardized complement of drugs likely to be needed by travelers but with provision made for some of the drugs to be specifically prescribed if necessary. The kit is designed to be sold only by pharmacists and the drugs, even when the standardized complement of drugs is used, will still be by a physician's prescription, the standardization or near standardization of the drugs representing a great time saver for the physician who can often prescribe the full complement as such, the manufacturer's description, suggested dosage and warnings as well as a physician's directions being provided in printed pamphlets provided in the kit.

Abstract: A folding container construction has a wooden reinforcing framework which is attached to the side (74, 75) and end walls (98, 99) of the box. The side walls (74, 75) of the box are provided with vertical struts (82, 84, 86) disposed at the peripheral edges of the walls and a single, horizontal brace (79, 80) disposed adjacent to the top of the wall. At least one horizontal reinforcing member (104, 105) is provided on each end wall of the box with the horizontal members being received by slots defined by the struts on the side walls and the horizontal brace to maintain the box configuration. The end walls (98, 99) are maintained on the base (60) of the container by the bottom surfaces of the vertical struts which seat against a bottom flap (92, 93) on the end walls when the box is constructed. In this way, the need for separately attaching the end walls to the container base is eliminated.

Abstract: A rotary type railroad car coupler is provided with a symmetrical and invertible yoke. A yoke collar, constructed so as to be capable of being reversible, is disposed within a cavity of the yoke. In one preferred embodiment, a pin connecting a shank of the coupler to the yoke collar is positioned so as to be equidistant from both ends of the yoke collar. Thus, as one end of the yoke collar becomes worn, the collar can be reversed. Improved yoke collar service life is obtained.

Abstract: A snap on bottle cap for a container having a neck configuration including an annular shoulder over which the bottle cap is engaged so as to be self-retaining thereon. The bottle cap is formed of resilient material permitting distortion of the cap when it is applied to the bottle. A ring is positioned around and fastened to an annular flange of the cap by a plurality of frangible elements and it is attached to a portion thereof separated from the remainder by spaced cutaway areas. The ring thus may be used as a pull ring to free the portion of the annular flange as necessary in removing the cap by permitting the remainder of the cap to expand circumferentially so as to become disengaged from the annular shoulder on the neck portion of the bottle. The separation of the ring provides a visual indication of tampering.

Abstract: A cup-shaped overcap made of deformable plastic material is provided with plural protruding lugs along the inside surface of the cup wall nearly adjacent the open end of the overcap. The lugs snap over the apex of an annular bead on a bottle holding the cap in inverted position over a closure on the filled bottle. The overcap protects the closure and end of the bottle and provides a drinking/measuring cup for use with the bottle and contents. The lugs and bead provide for arcuate distortion of the cap when applied, which permits use of less rigid tolerances in cap and bottle.

Abstract: A reusable closure cap for sealing a vial, comprising a rigid tubular screw-type cover having as an integral part thereof a relatively soft highly elastic stopper bonded to the interior of the closed end of the tubular cover. The elastic rubber stopper has a centrally positioned hollow interior portion coaxially with and facing the open end of the vial to be sealed.

Abstract: In a screw capped bottle, a protuberance (7) cooperates with a notch (9) in a notch-bearing member (10) so that as the cap is screwed on, the protuberance bears on the notch-bearing member and one or both deforms to accommodate the threading movement until the protuberance snaps into the notch to terminate the movement. When screwing the cap off, there is an initial resistance to movement while the protuberance and/or notch-bearing member deforms. The protuberance then snaps out of the notch and the cap may be removed.

Abstract: A molded plastic carton end includes a thin face panel reinforced by molded ribs and bounded on four sides by rim sections each comprising a plurality of parallel walls abutting against a face member with closely spaced cross members to add additional stiffness and resistance to crushing. The multiple walls also provide a plurality of parallel layers to receive and hold nails for attaching side, top and bottom members to complete the carton. The walls intersect at the corners, thus forming a large number of individual box sections at each corner, making the corners of the carton end very resistant to deformation. A number of plastic materials and fillers may be used including polyethylene filled with wood and/or a limited amount of a blowing agent.

Abstract: Meter box apparatus for containing and securing an underground utility meter, including a cylindrical meter box for use as a meter pit, the meter box being fabricated in two complementary sections of substantially semicircular cross section with diametrically extending flanges, the flanges being held together by C-clamps for assembling the two sections, a meter box cover including a cylindrical body, the cylindrical body being insertable into the cylindrical meter box, both the box and the cover having complementary threads molded into the walls for adjusting the height of the apparatus, and an apertured bar adjustably positionable with respect to the height of the meter box and secured between said two sections for securing the meter.

Abstract: A beverage can having a foldable handle is disclosed herein wherein a cylindrical can includes a metal blank secured to the exterior surface thereof between its opposite ends. The blank comprises a thin sheet of material having a central opening or cut-out defining an upper strip and a lower strip joined at their respective opposite ends by elongated side pieces. Score lines are provided on the strips so that each of the side pieces can be folded over the strips and engaged to provide a handle intended to be grasped by the hand of the user. The inside edge marginal region of the side pieces are contoured to fit the finger grasp of the user's hand. The handle is arranged at a 90 degree angle with respect to the dispensing opening in the top of the can and the lower end of the handle is even with the bottom of the can on a flat surface.

Abstract: This invention relates to a container for generally cylindrical tablets which can be used to repeatedly dispense the tablets in pre-determined quantities. The dispenser comprises an outer case and a slidably mounted inner part which together define a container, a dispensing gate, and a downward sloping channel connecting one or two ramps situated at the base of the container to the gate. The width of the channel is such as to allow a single column of tablets supported on their peripheries. The inner part is depressable from the exterior to cause relative movement between the gate and the channel from one position where the gate is in register with the channel to a second position where the gate is in register with a dispenser outlet. The relatively simple design of the dispenser enables it to be injection-moulded from plastic material.

Abstract: The feed duct of a tablet dispenser is formed with a movable wall portion which engages a tablet next adjacent the tablet being dispensed to prevent more than a single tablet from being dispensed at a time. A dispenser slide which opens and closes the discharge opening of the feed duct actuates displacement of the movable wall portion through an interposed spring member. Another movable wall portion of the feed duct located further upstream may operate in tandem with the first wall portion to block the feed duct and thereby prevent backward movement of tablets within the feed duct while the discharge opening is closed.

Abstract: Powdered mix, a liquid and binder are poured through an open top of a plastic vessel normally having a vertically disposed longitudinal axis. The ingredients are stirred with a utensil inserted through the open top. A pouring attachment, sealingly secured to the open top, includes a spout with a lower edge at a predetermined angle above the horizontal when the vessel axis is vertical. Residual ingredients in the vessel are stored by sealing the open top with a closed plastic cap. Indicia for quantities of the batter extend vertically along the vessel. The pouring attachment includes an apertured face inclined at approximately 45.degree. above the horizontal to enable a user to see the contents as they are poured through the spout into the cooking utensil and to enable additional ingredients to be poured into the vessel. The pouring attachment and cap include a flanged sealing ring that snaps into a flange at the top of the vessel.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing flowable particulate materials from a storage container while protecting the material from unnecessary exposure to ambient atmosphere through a double vapor control mechanism. The apparatus includes a funnel unit mounted below the container for receipt of particulate material therefrom. A flow control disc is mounted between the container and the funnel unit to control the flow of material into the funnel unit, irrespective of the head of material within the funnel. A hollow, moveable, metering bell, and moveable funnel outlet closure are mounted on a common reciprocable rod within the funnel and are normally seated between cycles to provide double isolation of the material from the ambient atmosphere.

Abstract: A dispensing valve, particularly adapted for a squeeze bottle containing a viscous product, has a valve head in the form of a thin flat wafer of small diameter stationarily supported as freely as possible from obstructions, and above it an elastically deflectable diaphragm having a central opening with a periphery that seats on the periphery of the wafer. Internal pressure causes the diaphragm to move slightly from the wafer during a dispensing operation. The diaphragm is dome-shaped and extends upwardly to form an externally ball-like applicator surface.

Abstract: Battery plates are assembled into stacks forming positive and negative rows of lugs and the stacks are placed within the cells in a battery case. Molding channels are automatically formed around the positive and negative rows of lugs and molten lead alloy is automatically introduced into the molding channels to cast the straps and intercell connections simultaneously within the battery case.

Abstract: A triple seal valve member for an atomizing pump dispenser which includes an integrally molded plastic valve member having an outer portion terminating in a sealing tip for sealing against an axial outlet port, the outer part being of a first cross section; an inner part containing therein a hollow recess open at its inner end for accepting a biasing spring, the inner part of a larger cross section than the outer part, the radially outer portion of the inner part adapted to seal against an opening at the inner end of a pump chamber; an intermediate portion forming a generally cylindrical recess between the inner and outer portions, the recess in communication with the hollow recess in the inner portion; a narrowed throat formed at the area of communication between the hollow recess and the cylindrical recess; said intermediate portion having openings therein in the vicinity of its outer end permitting communication between the cylindrical recess and the area above the said inner portion; with a ball having a

Abstract: The invention provides a process and apparatus for delivering from a delivery port of an aerosol container having a vapor tap valve a spray of low flammability of a liquid aerosol composition containing a flammable liquefied propellant, which comprises mixing together liquid aerosol composition and gaseous propellant; subjecting the gas/liquid mixture to the constraint imposed by a flow constriction; expanding the gas/liquid mixture; subjecting the gas/liquid mixture to the constraint imposed by a second flow constriction, and again expanding the gas/liquid mixture and then passing the mixture through the remainder of the vapor tap valve to the delivery port; with each constraint and expansion increasing the gas:liquid volume ratio of the mixture and reducing the flammability of the mixture as a delivered spray.

Abstract: Improvements in infusion controlling apparatus used in limiting the flow rate of an intravenous solution to a patient. The improvements provide coarse and fine orientations of a casette through which the solution passes relative to a controller which valves the casette's inlet and outlet to provide measured volumes of fluid. The coarse alignment device includes spaced apart metal sections which grasp onto the casette and move it towards the controller's valving members. As the casette reaches the valving members, protuberances on the controller fit into indentations on the casette, as the fine adjustment. The indentations into which the protuberances fit form part of the casette's base section of plastic notwithstanding the location of a cover slip between these two items. The valving members couple to a rocker arm which pivots about a point located at its middle and has magnetic poles at its ends.

Abstract: A motorcycle carrier having the main components of which suitable for a large number of different makes and models of motorcycles. A parcel support frame and side supports cooperate with a stabilizing arm and inwardly extending bracket so that the carrier can be tailor-made for each variety of motorcycle. The various parts interlock to reduce concentration of forces on parts of the frame enabling efficient and most economical manufacture and assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting within the trunk of an automobile to hold the spare tire of the automobile and allow the spare tire to be moved between a stored, out-of-the-way location and a location where it can be easily removed from and returned to the trunk. The apparatus includes a tongue member for engaging structure of the automobile when the spare tire is in the location where it can be easily removed from the trunk to support the spare tire and portions of the apparatus in that location and prevent twisting or turning of the spare tire and portions of the apparatus.

Abstract: A practical golf club carrier weighing only 2 pounds or less, called by the inventor, the "Ee-Ze-Kar'i" Kad'i hereinafter to be referred to as the "Kad'i". Said Kad'i is comprised of three assemblies: a novel handle, utilized as a time-saving score keeping device; a longitudinal tray, channel or other form which supports pivoting, soft plastic, ball-holding split tubes, and which is attached at ends, directly to the bottom of vertex blocks and leg assemblies which pivot inward on a vertex block and fold into a closed parallel position.

Abstract: The invention contemplates a rack construction as for carrying skis or the like on the roof or other exterior part of a vehicle. Plural pairs of skis are vertically clamped, back-to-back, by like pairs of relatively movable upstanding post members and a single lockable means carried by the rack is operative to selectively hold or to release a control member for releasing all post pairs in unison. The respective posts of each pair are capable of limited longitudinal displaceability and limited pivotal action, and the lockable actuator is operated to determine whether or not the posts of each pair are to be permitted their pivoted action.

Abstract: An electric fastener driving tool includes a body of a clam-shell construction formed of two body parts that define a head and handle portions. An open bottom magazine assembly is attached to the tool for supplying fasteners to be driven. The tool also includes a removable nose piece defining a portion of a drive track for a driving blade mounted in the tool. The nosepiece includes different workpiece engaging surfaces on opposite ends such that the tool may be used to drive fasteners into different types of workpieces. The tool further includes a double cone spring for returning the driver to its at rest position.

Abstract: The solder extractor includes a hollow handle rear section housing a suction connected receiver and a front section carrying an electrically heated tubular tip and a coaxial communicating rearwardly projecting coupling tube. One of a pair of end-to-end hinged posts projects forwardly and eccentrically from the rear section and the front section is coupled to the other post by an elongated bolt slidably engaging axial bores in the posts and screw engaging the rear section. In operative position the post are coaxially locked and the rear section secured to the posts with the coupling tube connected to the receiver by the tightened bolt and to position the sections for cleaning the bolt is retracted to allow retraction of the front section and coupling tube and to relatively unlock the posts to permit the swinging of the rear section affording access to the bore therethrough for cleaning.

Abstract: Automatic apparatus for the treatment of the links of metallic chains which comprises, in operative sequence: means for the automatic application of soldering powder to the chains being treated; means for the automatic removal of the excess of soldering powder applied to said chains; and means for the automatic application of a powder which isolates each chain link from the next during the soldering operation. The application and removal means also have the function of movable guide means for the chains being treated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a suspension member and the process for constructing the suspension member. The suspension member comprises a folded single sheet of metal which is enlarged at one end to couple to a wheel assembly and U-shaped at the other end to pivotally connect with a vehicle frame. The process of constructing the suspension member comprises the steps of stamping a single sheet from a piece of stock, deforming the sheet to form a pocket defining the enlarged end, folding the sheet to form a substantially rectangular cross section and welding the seam between adjoining edges of the folded sheet. In order to support a spring assembly a tube extends through the folded sheet and cooperates with the spring assembly to attach the latter to the folded sheet.

Abstract: A method for making a rotor for a caliper brake with a disc mounted on a cylindrical adaptor. The disc includes a coiled metal strip having a rectangular cross section with edge surfaces aligned to provide friction faces for engagement by friction lining carriers of the brake while decreasing the vibration and noise during braking. The ends of the coiled strip are welded to the disc and the overlapping surfaces of the coils are brazed together.