Abstract: It is desirable for a pair of horizontal roll assemblies of a rolling mill to be withdrawn from the mill simultaneously with the longitudinal axes of the rolls parallel and substantially horizontal. If material is present in the mill there can be no connection between the bearing chocks on the drive side of the mill. When the roll assemblies have been withdrawn from the mill, a support vehicle is positioned relative to the roll assemblies so that the rolls can be supported on upper and lower support surfaces provided on the vehicle. The vehicle is the displaced away from the withdrawal position of the rolls so that replacement rolls carried on a similar support vehicle can be moved to a position from which they can be inserted into the mill.

Abstract: An apparatus (40) and method for increasing the fin density of a serpentine sheet (10) having a plurality of fins (14a, 14b, 14c), each fin having two sides (16, 18) coupled together at one end (20) with a space (22) between the sides. Blocks (30, 32) having receptacles (30a, 32a) for receiving the ends (20, 24) of one side (16) of a fin (14a) and being near opposite surfaces (A, B) of the sheet (10) are moved vertically into contact with such ends. Simultaneously, blades (34, 36), being near the opposite surfaces (A, B) of the sheet (10) are moved vertically into position at the other side (18) of the fin (14a). Then, the blades (34, 36) are moved horizontally towards the blocks (30, 32), which are now held stationary, to compress the fin (14a) a predetermined amount by moving the other fin side towards the one fin side. The blocks and blades are then withdrawn from the sheet to move another fin (14b) into position for another compressing operation.

Abstract: A blind riveting tool head for placing blind breakstem rivets is provided with a stem-disposal device which comprises a flexible hose connected to the rear end of a passage running rearwardly through the head from the rivet-placing jaws. An air injector at the junction of the head and the hose supplies both a flow of air rearwardly along the hose to assist broken-off stem portions rearwardly therealong, and also a flow of air forwardly along the passage through the head.

Abstract: A blind riveting tool head for placing blind breakstem rivets is provided with a stem-disposal device which comprises a flexible hose connected to the rear end of a passage running rearwardly through the head from the rivet-placing jaws. An air injector at the junction of the head and the hose supplies both a flow of air rearwardly along the hose to assist broken-off stem portions rearwardly therealong, and also a flow of air forwardly along the passage through the head. When the tool head is operated to place a rivet, both airflows are shut off as the rivet-placing jaws approach their rearmost position, and thereafter the rearward airflow along the hose is re-established before the forwards airflow along the passage.

Abstract: A tool for crimping a sheet metal clasp around overlapped lengths of nonmetallic strapping material. The sheet metal clasp, after being placed around the strapping, is inserted into the tool which can then be operated to cause two lips on the clasp to fold over and constrict the clasp around the strapping material. The tool has two jaws, one of which is elongated, which facilitate this folding action. The elongated first jaw is positioned to fold over a first lip on the clasp prior to the other jaw folding the second lip. In this manner the second jaw can fold the second lip over the first lip thereby securing the clasp. The jaws of the tool are of a solid and unitary construction and are adapted to deform the clasp around the strapping to further strengthen the seal.

Abstract: A densitometer of the vibrator type is disclosed wherein a spring mass system is immersed in a liquid whose density is to be determined. The system includes a pair of coaxial cylindrical masses in the form of fluid couplers having spaces which are open to the liquid. A torsion spring connects both cylindrical masses through mechanically stiff coupling means. The coupling means include a pair of high impedance transducers positioned at the shear interfaces normal to the common axis of the system, so as to take substantially the full torsional shear load between the spring and the cylindrical fluid couplers without contributing to the spring effect. The compliance of the torsion spring allows oscillatory motion of the spring mass system around its axis. An output signal having a high signal-to-noise ratio is provided at the natural resonant system frequency.

Abstract: In order to detect the occurrence of engine knock (pinging, detonation), a piezoelectric sensor is mounted on the engine in a location where the oscillations due to engine knock are readily transmitted. The detector is a strip or strips of piezoelectric material mounted in cantilevered configuration in a clamping device. An advantageous location for the sensor is a bore within one of the cylinder head bolts of the engine. A variety of embodiments is described including the provision of seals for permitting the introduction of a damping fluid in the receiver bore for the sensor.

Abstract: A method of measuring the dynamic wetting angle between a liquid and a solid surface moving into the liquid as a function of the speed of the solid surface relative to the liquid comprising the steps of moving the solid surface into the liquid at a constant speed, adjusting the angle of the surface entering the liquid until the wetting angle is equal to the angle between the solid surface and the quiescent surface of the surrounding liquid, and measuring said adjusted angle. In another embodiment, the speed of the solid surface entering at a selected angle is adjusted until the meniscus adjacent the surface becomes level, and the speed is measured.

Abstract: A heavy-duty large-torque deflection unit. It will couple a shaft to a laterally located chain drive. It includes mechanical elements that are used in making dynamic measurement of relative angular displacement at the deflection unit.

Abstract: A pulsed through-transmission ultrasonic non-destructive inspection of the internal structure in a tire wall is effected. The transmitted acoustic signals preferably have a frequency of least 40 Khz, are transduced to electrical form, amplified with a relatively long time constant AGC, rectified and integrated during only the initial or leading edge portions of each pulse or burst. The resulting integrated analog signal values thus provided have relative magnitudes which may be displayed or otherwise processed to detect structural anomalies within the tire wall. If plural acoustic transmitters are utilized, they are preferably multiplexed such that only a single transducer is activated at a given time.The ultrasonic inspection is preferably carried out through the walls of a rotating inflated tire with the ultrasonic transducers being automatically moved toward the inner and outer tire wall surfaces to optimum relative distances of separation during an inspection cycle.

Abstract: Voltages at the diagonal points of a bridge circuit are amplified in an AC differential manner and half-wave rectified, which bridge circuit is formed of reference resistors and temperature dependent resistors located in front and rear of an electric heater in a duct through which air to be measured flows. The half-wave rectified voltage is sampled and held in synchronism with a control pulse signal from an oscillation circuit so that the sampling and holding operation is performed substantially at the center of the period during which the half-wave rectified voltage is produced. The held voltage and a constant reference voltage are amplified in a DC differential manner and then applied to a power amplifier circuit which controls a supply voltage to the electric heater. The voltage to be applied to the bridge circuit is an intermittent voltage which is produced by a chopper circuit.

Abstract: A shield is provided which is adapted for use in protecting a capillary pipette of a pipette assembly. The shield includes a hollow tubular body closed at one end and open at the other end. The open end of the shield is designed for removably mounting the shield on a pipette assembly with the capillary pipette thereof in protected position in the hollow tubular body. The body is formed at the closed end to facilitate use of the shield as a puncturing device. A shoulder is intermediate the ends of the body to provide a stop for preventing over extension of the closed end when used as a puncturing device and providing an engaging surface for the open end of another shield when at least two shields are nested together. When nested, the closed end of one shield extends into the open end of the next shield. By use of the shoulder and the configuration of the outer surface of a shield body, the degree of nesting is controlled and ease of removal of each shield for use is facilitated.

Abstract: Disclosed is a holder which may be used for mounting equipment, such as sensing apparatus, within an otherwise closed environment, and an extractor tool for inserting and retrieving the holder and attached equipment. In an operating configuration the holder is double-sealed to a landing nipple mounted on the container against communication of high pressure fluid out of the container. With the extractor tool mounted and sealed on the landing nipple also, a placement member within the extractor tool may engage the top of the holder to extract the holder from sealing engagement with the landing nipple. Two independent gear boxes are provided whereby translational and rotational motions may be separately imparted to the placement member. The holder is anchored to the landing nipple by threaded engagement between the landing nipple and a drive screw section of the holder. A separate seal section of the holder is rotated during the insertion procedure until a preselected orientation of the seal section is achieved.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for determining the proportion of ethylene glycol in an aqueous solution that is used to remove as well as prevent the accumulation of ice and snow on commercial aircraft, the apparatus being used in de-icing equipment of the type which has a self-propelled vehicle, a large capacity heater which heats water carried on the vehicle, a proportioning system for mixing the water and ethylene glycol and pumping means for pumping the solution containing the desired proportion of ethylene glycol under high pressure through a nozzle which is directed toward the aircraft. The apparatus can determine the percentage of ethylene glycol that is contained in the aqueous solution at any time during the operation of the de-icing equipment.

Abstract: A workpiece clamping device for the fast, central clamping of workpieces provided with holes of various number and pitch diameter and/or with a central hole, such device being adapted for the balancing of vehicle wheels. The device consists of a fixing mechanism, releasing mechanism and a clamping unit attachable to them with the workpiece. The clamping unit contains a central mandrel with a threaded end, a pressure element movable on the mandrel in an axial direction and secured against turning with respect thereto, and one or more locating elements connected to the pressure element and fitting into the hole or holes of the workpiece as well as a threaded clamping element supported by the pressure element. The fixing mechanism contains a sleeve receiving the mandrel of the clamping unit; the fixing device is provided with a selectively operated releasing mechanism. Operation of the releasing mechanism automatically disables the motor which drives the balancing mechanism.

Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, an examination object is scanned line-by-line with an ultrasonic beam and the developing echo signals are correspondingly recorded line-by-line on an image recording installation to form a visible image. The echo recording is to ensue amplitude-compressed without a simultaneous deterioration of the resolution or of the image sharpness. To this end, a preselectable plurality of echo lines (Z.sub.n through Z.sub.n+3) which preferably determine the breadth of a surround field for echoes to be depicted together with a current line (Z.sub.n+4) are always written into intermediate memories. Subsequently, the stored and, under certain conditions, current echo signal information are supplied to an evaluation installation. During a specific section time, which determines the depth (.tau.) of the surround field, a mean value of the echo intensity in the surround field is here at least approximately comprehended.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the position of a sensor with respect to a color screen are disclosed. The screen is colored with first and second colors in such a way that the intensity of each color varies from a minimum to maximum along a respective direction lying in the plane of the screen, the two respective directions being oblique to each other. As a result, each point on the screen is characterized by a unique pair of color intensities. The sensor is provided with means for measuring the intensity of each color at the point on the colored surface corresponding to the location of the sensor. In one advantageous application of the invention, one surface of a screen is colored as described above, and the screen is placed over an object to be ultrasonically inspected.

Abstract: A beam of ultrasonic energy emitted from a stationary transducer is scanned through the use of a steerable mirror which is positioned in the path of the beam between the transducer and a target. The mounting means for the steerable mirror enables the beam of ultrasonic energy to be aimed as desired and the beam will preferably be scanned along a line and the scanning line may be shifted in a generally transverse direction to accomplish "Multiple plane" scanning.

Abstract: Device for volumetric testing of pressure-vessel walls and pipes with a combined transmit-receive test head for scanning a test track having a given test-track spacing, includes an oscillator unit including an oscillating crystal and a receive oscillating crystal having respective centers spaced apart a distance smaller than that of the test-track spacing so that the test head has a full width within which at least one additional oscillating crystal is accommodated, the additional oscillating crystal being paired with one of the transmit and receive oscillating crystals so as to form therewith another oscillator unit including a transmit oscillating crystal and a receive oscillating crystal having centers spaced apart a distance smaller than that of the test-track spacing, the distance between the crystals of both of the oscillator units being substantially equal.

Abstract: A sensor for measuring dynamic variations in axial strain in a cable wherein a light source is positioned intermediate a pair of light detectors. The sensor is capable of sensing the effects of dynamic axial tensile and compressive forces in the cable over a wide range of frequencies.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for testing unvulcanized rubber or rubber-like materials can work at high shear rates (e.g. 100 sec.sup.-1) as a result of applying and maintaining pressure on the test sample as it is being sheared by a rotor in a test chamber. The rotor is smooth-faced. Both conditions simulate more accurately the forces acting on such materials in such operations as extrusion.The test material is transferred into the test chamber through transfer ports from a transfer chamber by a pressure member which continues to exert pressure on material in the transfer chamber, which may be a next test sample.Specific operating steps of the rotor at varying speeds and directions to assess various useful parameters of the test material (including not only viscosity but also elasticity) are described, together with a mathematical model for rationalizing the behavior of the material under these test conditions.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for determining the mass flow rate of solids mixed with a transport fluid to form a flowing mixture. A temperature differential is established between the solids and fluid. The temperature of the transport fluid prior to mixing, the temperature of the solids prior to mixing, and the equilibrium temperature of the mixture are monitored and correlated in a heat balance with the heat capacities of the solids and fluid to determine the solids mass flow rate.

Abstract: A Karman vortex type flow rate measuring apparatus is provided with a plurality of vortex shedding members each having a different effective width, and a plurality of vortex detecting elements. The distance between the vortex detecting elements is so selected that it coincides with the distance between the vortices of some one of the vortex trains induced by respective vortex shedding members. The apparatus enables a positive and accurate detection of the vortices, and a compensation for drop out of the vortex shedding.

Abstract: Aircraft probe or mast including heat pipe for indirectly heating the probe or mast thereby providing deicing. Heat for the heat pipe configured probe or mast is supplied by remote location of a heat source. The heat source may include a replacement plug in electric heater or a remote heat source such as an engine airbleed duct.

Abstract: A gyrocompass with a tilt ring pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis has a U-frame swingable about that axis which forms part of a pendular system and carries a coupling lever engageable with projections on the lower end of the U-frame to immobilize the latter with respect to the tilt ring when the instrument is inactive, in order to hold a gyroscope axis perpendicular to the tilt-ring axis in a horizontal position. An antipendular system, comprising a liquid-filled U-tube swingable about the gyroscope axis, is overridden by the pendular system in the engaged position of the coupling lever but becomes effective upon disengagement thereof to let the gyroscope mechanism carry out necessary precession movements.

Abstract: An inertial measuring unit which precesses about the direction of apparent acceleration as a consequence of the introduction of a mass unbalance to each of the gyroscopes in the inertial measuring unit. The mass unbalances and the rotational moments of inertia of the gyroscopes are carefully controlled so that all gyroscopes within the inertial measuring unit precess at the same rate about any apparent acceleration. The precession of gyroscopes causes certain of the gyroscope errors to be averaged about zero thus reducing the error in the inertial measuring unit. The effect of precession upon the spatial orientation of the inertial measuring unit is compensated for by sensing the apparent acceleration and computationally compensating for the precession due to such acceleration.

Abstract: A pushbutton tuner wherein a core slide for causing cores to move in-and-out of coils, respectively, has a rack formed at one end thereof and a fine tuning operating mechanism mounted on an auxiliary mechanism baseplate has a pinion meshable with the rack, which tuner is characterized in that the core slide has, at another end thereof, an extended portion formed with another rack symmetrical with the aforesaid rack so as to allow the fine tuning operating mechanism to be mounted on either end of the core slide.

Abstract: A power transmission for tractors or the like and having change speed gear mechanism and also having a power take-off shaft for driving auxiliary equipment. A hydraulically actuated clutch is utilized in the transmission for selectively engaging various gear ratios. A hydraulically actuated brake is provided for disconnecting the drive shafts and locking the power take-off to the transmission housing. Operating control valve means are provided for controlling the power take-off brake and a hydraulic detent is provided for the valve. The power take-off shaft is controlled by a modulatable clutch of the duplex type which enables the operator to modulate the speed of the power take-off shift and automatically insures that the power take-off shaft is locked and the power take-off brake is disengaged. The control valve for the power take-off brake includes a hydraulic detent that can lock the operator shifted control valve in the clutch operative position.

Abstract: A speed change gearbox for agricultural tractors and similar vehicles has an elongate casing rotatably mounting input and output shafts which are coupled by gearing comprising reduction means selectively operable to provide one of a plurality of reduction ratios, and a final gearing stage which serves to set a particular range of ratios. The reduction means includes an epicyclic gear mechanism provided with associated hydraulic control means for selectively controlling movement of various of its elements, and pairs of continuously meshing gears operatively selectable by further hydraulic control means. The arrangement of the hydraulic control means is such that they are all centered on the input shaft which enables the transverse bulk of the gearbox to be minimized.

Abstract: A safety brake adapted for positively locking the crank and counter-balance weights of oil well pumping apparatus against rotation, particularly for placement and servicing of the pumping unit. In the preferred embodiment shown, a cylindrical member is bolted to a brake drum which rotates in combination with the shaft from the gear box carrying the crank and counter-balance weights. The cylindrical member has a plurality of holes disposed about its periphery. A movable engaging bar is rotatably carried on a shaft mounted to a bracket adapted for connection to the bearing cap on the gear box adjacent the brake drum. The bar contains a locking tongue for engaging the holes in the cylindrical member. The bar is rotatable from a position engaged with the cylindrical member and a position removed therefrom. A spring bias is provided to hold the bar in either of the two positions.

Abstract: A rotary motion transmitting device having oppositely disposed toric discs mounted on its input and output shafts. Motion transmitting traction rollers are frictionally engaged between the toric discs for transmitting motion from one toric disc to the other and tension sheets extend between opposite rollers to balance forces exerted on the rollers. Pivotal roller supports are provided for controlling the transmission ratio and means are associated with said pivotal roller supports for forcing the traction rollers toward each other and into firm frictional engagement with the toric discs.

Abstract: An electrical control device having a joystick or lever manually movable in the X and Y directions to actuate a pair of electrical components having respective rotatable shafts. The controller includes a housing having a top cover provided with an opening through which the lever extends. The lower end of the lever is pivotally mounted in a socket on the bottom of the housing and a ball joint is carried by the lever intermediate its ends. The ball joint is pivotally coupled to a control plate shiftable in the housing beneath the top cover, the plate being biased into an equilibrium position by a number of leaf springs normally engaging respective side margins of the plate. The plate has a pair of slots in its lower surface, the slots being mutually perpendicular and vertical projections on the outer ends of a pair of bell cranks are shiftably received within respective slots in the plate.

Abstract: A shift control for a compound change speed gear transmission of the range type which provides two separate sets of shift paths (A and B), one for each range of the auxiliary transmission, and individual positions in each shift path for selection of individual ratios in the main transmission. The control comprises at least two parallel axially slidable shift rods (11, 12 and 13) and a transverse cross shaft (14) which is axially and rotationally movable. Each shift rod (11 and 12) defines at least two axially spaced pairs of faces (16a, 16b, 17a and 17b) which pairs are axially spaced apart for selective engagement by a selector finger (15) carried by the cross shaft. At least one of the pairs of faces (16a, 16b, 17a and 17b) on each shift rod is disposed between the pairs of faces carried by the other shift rod.

Abstract: A detent mechanism for holding shifting members of a mechanical transmission gear system in different shifted positions. The shifting members may be formed as shifting rocker arms pivotable about a bearing for shifting gears of the transmission. A detent contour may be provided at each shifting rocker arm with the detent contour being adapted to be engaged by a resiliently flexible member. A fixed bearing is arranged between the shifting rocker arm with the resiliently flexible member being constructed as a flat spring resting on the bearing and having free ends thereof counterbearing on the detent contours of the respective shifting rocker arms.

Abstract: A shifting apparatus for a transmission of a vehicle comprising a shift lever operable left and right for travel to selection positions and front and rear for shifting gears, the shift lever being shiftable in one of the selection positions between a forward gear position and a reverse gear position. A projection is movable with the shift lever vertically in the selection operation and horizontally in the shift operation. A pivotable lock member is positioned in the vertical path of travel of the projection and the lock member and projection are provided with cam surfaces such that the lock member is pivoted, when the projection is moved, from a neutral position to an inoperative position. The lock member is held in its neutral position by a spring and in the inoperative position the shift lever is movable to the forward gear position and to the reverse gear position.

Abstract: A housing pivotably supporting an operating lever is mounted on a handle bar by a band. A nut with opposite end ears engaged in apertures formed in the ends of the band is held drawn into the housing by a bolt provided within the housing and extending through the nut in screw-thread engagement therewith to fasten the band to the handle bar. Each of the ears includes a shank projecting from each end of the nut and a flange formed at the outer end of the shank and having a portion remote from the center of the shank and a portion close to the shank center diametrically of the shank. Each of the apertures in the band is so shaped as to permit the flange to removably pass therethrough and to render the shank displaceable within the aperture, thereby making the band engageable with the inside surface of the flange.

Abstract: A wheel drive comprises a hollow wheel support having a projection and in which is housed an axial-piston hydraulic motor having an output shaft connected via planetary gearing to the hub. To this end the projection is provided with mounting pins constituting the planet carrier of a first set of planet gears which mesh with a ring gear formed integrally inside the hub and with a sun gear that may be provided directly on the motor output shaft or that may be the output of a second set of planetary gears whose planet gears mesh with the ring gear of the hub and whose sun gear is connected to the motor output shaft. A clutch can be provided on this motor output shaft to disconnect it from the respective sun gear, and the inner end of the motor shaft may be acted on by a wheel brake.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drive assembly (10) for an electrically powered vehicle (12). The assembly includes a transaxle (16) having a two-speed transmission (40) and a drive axle differential (46) disposed in a unitary housing assembly (38), an oil-cooled prime mover or electric motor (14) for driving the transmission input shaft (42), an adapter assembly (24) for supporting the prime mover on the transaxle housing assembly, and a hydraulic system (172) providing pressurized oil flow for cooling and lubricating the electric motor and transaxle and for operating a clutch (84) and a brake (86) in the transmission to shift between the two-speed ratios of the transmission. The adapter assembly allows the prime mover to be supported in several positions on the transaxle housing. The brake is spring-applied and locks the transmission in its low-speed ratio should the hydraulic system fail. The hydraulic system pump is driven by an electric motor (212) independent of the prime mover and transaxle.

Abstract: This control device for automatic change-speed transmission mechanism of motor road vehicles has a control keyboard of which the keys control the energization of switches cooperating with cam faces formed on an axially movable detector shaft the translation of which is controlled by means of a rotary cam rigid with the selector shaft of the change-speed mechanism, this cam comprising an integral radial arm responsive to a double-acting pneumatic cylinder responsive in turn to a pair of solenoid valves adapted to be energized for moving the piston of the pneumatic cylinder in one or the other direction as a function of the specific key depressed by the driver in order to provide the desired range of speed ratios, or the neutral position, or the reverse gear.

Abstract: First feed rollers whose speed is variable, second feed rollers intermittently driven and movable in the direction of an insulated wire, a clamp which is movable in the direction of the axis of the wire and can be opened and closed during the interruption of driving by the second feed rollers, insulation cutting and stripping blades which can be opened and closed, a wire guiding device which can be opened and closed, wire cutting blades which can be opened and closed, insulation cutting and stripping blades, and a clamp which is movable along the axis of the wire and may be opened and closed during the interruption of driving by the second feed rollers in the direction of the axis of the wire, are arranged in the order mentioned from the upstream to the downstream side of the path of travel of the insulated wire, with a suitable spacing between adjacent components.

Abstract: A linking arm having a bolt or nut receiving unit offset at one end of an arm member whose opposite end is attachable to a torque wrench for tightening or loosening the bolt or nut.

Abstract: An implement for attaching hangers such as screw eyes, screw hooks and the like to surfaces particularly ceilings and walls in which the hanger is held in the body of the implement with the screw end directed outwardly. The hanger is secured by a pivoted cover which releases the hanger from the body upon a contact activator positioned on the implement contacting the ceiling or wall. Upon such contact the cover is opened and the continued rotation of the implement immediately frees the hanger from the implement without further action by the operator.

Abstract: A manual tool (20) comprises a rigid shaft (22) having a straight portion (24) and an arcuate portion (26) joined at about a right angle. Wrenches (28, 30) are secured to the ends of the shaft (22). The tool (20) is particularly adapted for engaging the valve stem retainer nut on the inside wheel of dual wheels without removal of the outside wheel.

Abstract: An elongate, vice-like hand tool including an elongate case with front, central and rear hand-grip portions, a work-engaging head at the front end of the case and including fixed and movable parts, an elongate tension member having a front end coupled with a movable part of the head and extending rearward through the central portion to the rear portion of the case, a toggle mechanism in the rear portion of the case including a longitudinally shiftable bar with a front end coupled with the rear end of the member, a manually engageable first lever arm with a front end pivoted to the case and shiftable from an actuated position adjacent the case to an actuated position where its rear end is moved laterally from the case, a second lever arm with a front end pivoted to the first arm rearward of its pivotal axis and means releasably establishing driving engagement with the bar and coupled with the rear end of the second arm, said means releases driving engagement with the bar when the first arm is in its fully unac

Abstract: A grooving bar is provided for machining grooves on the inside surface of a casting or the like, such as the split casing for a pump. The grooving bar of the present invention can be inserted into a casing, adjusted for a precision cut and moved from one cutting location to the next. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a geared-down adjustment mechanism is provided for precise feeding of the cutting tool.

Abstract: The invention provides a tool slide having a body with a generally cylindrical external surface and a plurality of external grooves therein. Each adjacent pair of grooves defines therebetween a respective dovetail-section rail on which a tool holder can be mounted in use. In practice, the tool slide may be combined with at least one tool holder mounted on one of the rails and having a part-cylindrical locating surface which is complementary to the external surface of the tool slide.

Abstract: The proposed cutting tool comprises a holder, wherein a working head is rotatably mounted. The working head carries at least one edge whose cutting lip is defined by intersecting of its face and relief surfaces. The cutting tool incorporates a chip-breaking device, according to the invention, which is essentially a plate made fast on the holder at an angle to the face surface of the edge to provide for chip disposal from the cutting zone and arranged in such a manner that one of its edges crosses the cutting lip of the tool edge and is located as close as possible to the edge face surface, provision being made for the working head to freely rotate.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting cigar wrappers with a selected profile from a natural tobacco leaf, the apparatus comprises a vacuum supporting structure on a leaf receiving member. An arrangement is provided for selecting a cut position on the leaf and oriented with respect to the leaf receiving member and a cutting platen is provided including a leaf supporting surface and an arrangement for creating a vacuum on the surface to support a leaf. The platen is positioned in a known leaf receiving location and a transfer means is provided for transferring the leaf from the leaf receiving member to the leaf supporting surface of the cutting platen. The cutter having the desired profile is provided for cutting the profile from the leaf. The platen is then shifted from its leaf receiving position to a leaf cutting position with the support surface of the platen spaced from the wrapper cutter.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for severing both a needle portion and an end nub portion of a syringe. The device includes a receptacle for the cutoff portions and a removable cover. A horizontally movable severing means may be suspended from the undersurface of the cover. Mounted on the cover is a handle which is mechanically linked to the severing means. Actuation or movement of the handle thereby causes horizontal movement of the severing means. By resting the syringe in a shoulder portion of the cover, the needle and nub portions of the syringe extend downward through an opening and are in line with the severing means. Therefore, when the severing means is moved in a horizontal direction, it will necessarily cut off the needle and nub portions.

Abstract: Individual battery grids are effectively cut from a continuous sheet of expanded and pasted grid stock by the method and apparatus herein disclosed.