Abstract: Plug gauge for checking the diameter of a bore, including two movable arms with relevant feelers and a protective body defining two holes for the passage of the feelers. A sealing gasket seals the space between the holes of the protective body and the feelers, preventing the entry of foreign matter, such as chips and coolants, into the protective body.

Abstract: Reversible universal stand for inspection and repairing damaged motor vehicles comprising: a solid caisson-shaped frame, a square mesh modular drilling made directly on the longitudinal flanks and at least one main side of the frame. A system of squares-brackets having multiple functions and avoiding particularly the use of cross bars, various accessories: shoes, "cage"-shaped nut magnetic counter plates, etc., an original measuring device, using the modular drilling of the stand, and comprised of one or a plurality of independent units comprising: a squared projection plate, a weighted extensible measuring rod, a hooking device for hooking at the controlled point.

Abstract: A device having four engagement points movable along a bore and provided with an optical target or gage adjustable in cross directions normal to the bore axis and a probe mounted for rotation on the gage and engageable with the cylindrical surface of the bore for determining concentricity of the gage and the bore axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing fuel from solid bituminous or lignocellulosic material. The material is charged, optionally continuously, to a closed vessel together with oil heated to a temperature in excess of 65.degree. C., preferably in excess of 75.degree. C. A total gas pressure of 5-50 kPa is maintained in the vessel. The material and oil are removed from the vessel, optionally also continuously, and separated by mechanical means, for example by means of rolls, to press the oil from the material. The separated oil is returned to the process.

Abstract: A steam dryer system for drying a moving web and including a primary series of rotatable drying drums, steam inlet conduits coupled to said rotatable drying drums for introducing steam thereinto, outlet conduits coupled to said rotatable drying drums for exhausting blow-through steam with noncondensible gases and condensate therefrom, recirculation means including a steam jet compressor to recirculate blow-through steam from said outlet conduits back to said inlet conduits, recirculation control means comprising instruments to measure velocity pressure of the recirculation flow and to control the action of said jet compressor, a further number of secondary drying drums having inlet conduits and a pressure control valve connected to the outlet of said jet compressor and with outlet conduits connected to a condenser, and pressure control means comprising instruments to measure and control the input pressure in said secondary drying drums.

Abstract: Vapor laden effluent from a drying chamber is dehumidified by condensing the vapor through the acceleration thereof, and by subsequent condensate removal as through inertial separation. The resultant effluent is recirculated to the drying chamber after being heated and pressurized.

Abstract: A rotary drum having a toothed rim arranged on the drum casing and supported at several peripheral points on the drum casing by evenly distributed bridge members. Each bridge member includes two clips axially spaced from one another and welded to the drum casing and a cross plate which connects the clips and is radially spaced from the drum casing. Each cross plate is rigidly connected to one clip and slideably connected in the axial direction to the other clip so that differing degrees of thermal expansion and resulting deformation of the cross plates and further strain on the cross plates, clips and connection points can be compensated for.

Abstract: A shoe comprises a sock formed of fabric material and a reinforcing structure of plastic material which is directly injected onto the sock. The reinforcing structure covers predetermined parts of the sock to form a toe region, a reinforcement for the heel region, an edging which surrounds the shoe opening, and one or more transverse bands, all parts of the reinforcing structure being mutually integral with each other. The sock comprises at least one lateral part forming an upper and a base part formed of a fabric which is less than the fabric forming the lateral part. The reinforcing plastic structure includes a shaped grid-like portion formed by mutually intersecting ribs which penetrate through the less dense fabric of the sock base part into the inside of the sock from its outside. The grid-like portion thereby constitutes gripping projections which bonds the plastic reinforcing structure securely to the sock and further functions as a support for an insole.

Abstract: A shoe such as a running shoe is disclosed which fits comfortably on the foot of the wearer during most times and which includes a sensor such as a bar movably attached to the shoe for increasing the tightness of the fit when the foot is moved relative to the lower leg in a plurality of directions from a normal position to positions relative in which greater forces are expected to be exerted by the user. Typically, the increase in forces is achieved by placing a movable insert in the shoe which is connected with the sensor via a cable. In a simplified form, the sensor is constructed so as to tighten a portion of the shoe against the foot to increase tightness of the fit.

Abstract: A boot or a boot add-on for walking on sand, mud, snow, marshes, or other soft material with moveable wings that open to increase the surface area which prevents sinking into the soft material.

Abstract: A ski boot consisting of a shell to receive the foot and of a rear collar hinging on the shell to snugly fit against the leg, the shell comprising on its rear side a raised molding pointing outward for the purpose of limiting the displacement of the collar on the shell, characterized in thatthe collar at its lower part comprises a raised molding parallel to the raised molding on the shell but pointing into the boot and capable of resting on said molding on the shell, andthe shell comprises at its rear part a compressible element capable of resting on and cooperating with said raised molding of the collar when said collar moves on the shell.

Abstract: A football boot is provided on its upper portion with strips of leather or like material which extend transversely over the instep of the boot thereby to enhance the frictional contact with a ball to be controlled with the foot. The strips are connected to the boot in such a way that at least the forward edges of the strips can lift away from the upper portion of the boot.

Abstract: A spreader, counter, folder and stacker for laundered articles. The articles are discharged as circulated about an elongated bin. Clips on an endless chain pick the articles up from the bin one by one and elevate them. The clips are released by a cam to drop the articles one by one on traveling catches which pull them for spreading and carry them over a retarded rotation brush. This places a drag on the articles and elongates them for transfer one by one to a spreader bar. A series of spreader bars are provided and each carries the article draped over the bar past the radial tine of a counter. As each article engages a radial tine a drive is energized to a brush conveyor and a counted stack of articles is stacked on the conveyor and discharged from the conveyor to be picked up for use.

Abstract: An album leaf with insertion pockets for mounting of planar rectangular articles and comprising at least two superimposed layers of especially plastic, the lower or intermediate layer being opaque while the other layer or layers being transparent, the layers being joined together along the peripheral leaf edges and along frame lines defining the article pockets, the album leaf having a horizontally oriented rectangular format with a margin along one of the short sides of the leaf for binding purposes, the leaf with reference to the binding margin being symmetric relative to the longitudinal center axis of the binding margin, so that the leaf may be turned around said axis and the leaf having a length on the short side being substantially at least equal to the sum of the length of one short and one long side of an article, while having a length on the long side being substantially equal to twice the length of the article on the long side.

Abstract: Means and method are provided for creating giant simulated soft drink bottles, with distinctive shapes more particularly the type having generally longitudinally extended ribs which serve as trade dress. The construction utilizes a series of side panels which are laid out and sewn edge to edge, subsequent to which chalk lines are marked onto the side panels, indicating where the furrows between the longitudinal ribs are to go, and gussets are sewn along each chalk line and centrally restrained with a strap or the like which runs longitudinally of the bottle, so that when the top and bottom portions are installed and the unit is inflated, the trade dress ribs and furrows are well defined in the outer surface of the bottle.

Abstract: A gun with a spring-urged thrust hammer which first strikes the firing pin when released by the trigger and then has its forward thrust transferred from the firing pin to the bolt so that the hammer, firing pin and bolt are moving forward the extent of the headspace tolerance to counter recoil as the gun fires. This arrangement is shown applied to a shotgun having a unique barrel and sight.

Abstract: A plurality of cartridge magazines is coupled to a mounting base such that when one magazine is inserted within a weapon, the additional magazines are readily stored on the weapon and in ready, convenient and instantaneous access to the shooter. The mounting base is provided with a plurality of mounting surfaces having coupling means thereon for coupling to a conventional, commercially available cartridge magazine.

Abstract: A muzzle-loading gun including a hammer and a trigger configured so that the gun can only be armed by coordinated, simultaneous actuation of both the hammer and the trigger.

Abstract: Fish are captured utilizing a chain reaction of larger fish feeding on smaller fish. A bait-enclosing structure is mounted within a frame, and a first net is provided surrounding and substantially concentric with the bait-enclosing structure. The first net has openings formed therein large enough to allow small fish to insert their heads through the openings in an attempt to feed on the bait and catch their gills on the net if withdrawal is attempted. The assembly is lowered into a body of water, and after a predetermined time period a desired number of fish are trapped within the assembly utilizing a second net surrounding the first net, and then the assembly is raised to the surface. Entrapment may be provided by providing the second net having larger openings than the first net and concentric therewith, so that fish attempting to feed on fish caught by the first net will be caught by the second net.

Abstract: The specification discloses a fish strike alarm usable in both taut-line and slack-line fishing. The alarm includes a housing hingedly mountable on a rod, a spring-loaded line switch extending from the housing, and a clip for releasably securing the fish line over the line switch so that the switch is depressed when the line is drawn taut. The alarm further includes a light and buzzer and a selector switch to actuate the light and buzzer when the line switch is either depressed or released. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the line switch is responsive to the line being slack, at a first tension, or at a second higher tension. The alarm in the alternative embodiment is sounded when the line is either slack or at the second tension.

Abstract: A fishing lure comprising a shaft, means at one end of the shaft for affixing a line thereto, body member connected to the other end of the shaft, hook means connected to the body member, and a spinner rotatably mounted on the shaft, the spinner comprising a blank or strip of flat material formed into a cylindrical body portion, the axis of the imaginary cylinder of which the spinner is a peripheral portion being disposed at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal center line of the spinner. In the preferred form a bearing member having an aperture therethrough is affixed to a central portion of the spinner with the aperture of the bearing member being superposed over an aperture provided in the blank, the axis of the aperture being disposed at an acute angle with respect to the center line of the spinner and adapted to be journalled over the shaft.

Abstract: A forward-weighted fishing lure is disclosed which will travel level underwater when drift-fishing from a boat, or even when the lure is simply hanging from a float of "bobber". The lure will also travel level underwater when it is retrieved or trolled. The lure comprises an elongate heavy body, a wire member protruding from the tail portion of the body, a spinner and a fish hook at the end of the wire member which fish hook is spaced from the spinner by spaced beads. The body is provided with a generally T-shaped cavity in which the wire member is removably inserted until an eyelet in the wire member protrudes from the body's upper portion at the balance point of the lure, so that the lure will be level when suspended underwater by a fishing line attached to the eyelet. The parts of the lure are interchangeable. The lure moves through the water with a swimming action simulating a minnow while utilizing even a slow water current so as to induce fish-attracting spinner action.

Abstract: A battery powered motor drives a fan blade to emit an air stream along a predetermined path and, through suitable speed reducing and motion transmission means, one or more members each carrying a dip ring at one end which is reciprocally moved between a first position wherein the ring is immersed in a liquid bubble forming material and a second position wherein the ring is in the path of the air stream, thus emitting a stream of bubbles. By providing two movable members the dip rings carried thereby may be of different sizes and arranged oppositely in their first and second positions to emit an essentially continuous stream of alternately large and small bubbles. The rings are preferably formed as open cylinders having a series of axially extending slits through the wall thereof. The fan blade is preferably of flexible material, bent to the proper pitch and reinforced with a string or thread stretched across the blade axis and secured to its ends.

Abstract: An apparatus for irrigating plants includes a planter having a container for a growing medium. A liquid reservoir is below the container. There are openings between the reservoir and the container, permitting a flow of liquid from the reservoir to the container. A filler conduit communicates with the reservoir. A float chamber is near the top of the reservoir. A float chamber conduit extends from the reservoir to the float chamber. There is a float in the float chamber and a normally closed air valve is operatively connected to the float so the float opens the valve when liquid from the reservoir rises in the float chamber. There may be an air conduit connected to the valve so pressurized air from the air conduit is discharged when the valve opens. There may be a closed liquid container normally positioned below the planter. A liquid conduit communicates with the insides of the container near the bottom thereof and is connected to the filler conduit.

Abstract: Crops are treated with a composition which prevents the premature opening of seed pods.

Abstract: A window structure (10) having an exterior side (12) and an interior side (14). The window structure (10) includes a stationary casing (22) closed by a movable sash (26) that is fastened to the stationary casing (22) in hinged relation. The stationary casing (22) has an exterior panel (28) located exterior to the sash (26) and extending over the sash (26) to overlap its periphery. A gasket (30) is fastened to the exterior panel (28) and faces interiorly, generally toward the sash (26). The sash has an exteriorly facing mounting surface (40), and a glazing support member (42) extends exteriorly therefrom. A window lite (46) is mounted in spaced relation to the mounting surface (40). The window lite (46) has an exterior surface (48) that engages the gasket (30) in sealing relation when the sash (26) is in its closed position and an interior surface (49) facing the mounting surface (40).

Abstract: An adjustable rolling type boxcar door has a main panel and a telescoping adjustable panel at its bottom for adjusting the overall height of the door to fit a variety of door openings. The adjustable panel is slidably retained between side frames in the main panel by stop blocks mounted along the inside edges of the side frames. The width of the door may be also adjusted by positioning a spark strip either closer or further away from the inside edge of the door opposite the closure mechanism. A pair of double roller, pivotally mounted bogeys are mounted in the adjustable panel and support the door from a door track mounted to the side of a boxcar. The double roller bogeys provide an improved traverse mechanism for supporting the considerable weight of a boxcar door and carrying it across what may be an uneven and rough track.

Abstract: An adjustable threshold and sill assembly to be used at doorway entrances is disclosed. The assembly comprises a sill (preferably formed from an aluminium alloy material), a water resistant, thermally insulating front of the threshold base member which is preferably resilient but sturdy (high impact polyvinyl chloride material being preferred), means for engaging the threshold base member with the back of the sill, and an adjustable threshold member received by a rectangular channel of the base member and adjustably connected therein for upward and downward movement to vary the level of its upper surface above the open top of the channel.

Abstract: A garage door weather seal for use on a garage having a door with a planar outside surface and a door frame including a surface normal to the plane of the garage door when closed. The seal comprises a main body portion which lies in a plane extending at an angle to both the door and door frame surfaces when installed. Sealing lips integrally molded to opposite edges of the main body portion form a weather-tight seal with both the surface of the garage door and the surface of the door frame. An L-shape leg structure connected with the main body portion serves to position the weather seal with respect to the door frame. The leg structure has two legs which deflect slightly to grip two surfaces of the door frame, one the above-mentioned surface and another normal thereto. One of the legs may have apertures for fasteners to hold the seal in place.

Abstract: A weatherstrip assembly comprising an integral extrusion of polymeric material comprising a stiff L-shaped portion adapted to engage around an edge of the door, a flexible, resilient central strip-like portion, a stiff third strip-like portion extending from the edge of the second portion opposite the first portion, and a strip-like flexible flap portion having an edge joined at the juncture between the second and third portions. The first portion is adhered to a door by pressure-sensitive adhesive, the third portion is positioned in face-to-face contact with the outer surface of the first portion opposite the surface of the door and adjusted in a vertical direction with respect to said door to form the flexible second portion into a tube-like structure having a sufficient diameter to fill a void space between a frame and the edge of the door, and the first and second portions are attached in place by screws.

Abstract: Machine for finishing magnetic half-pots which have, on the open side, side edges for assembling half-pots together and a center part designed to be machined to create a preset air gap for the pot core assembly, by use of a grinding wheel projecting through a reference plane supporting the side edges of the half-pots. The half-pots are fed in front of the wheel and pressed onto the reference plane by a flexible support wheel engaging directly with the bottom of each half-pot to form a back support for grinding.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for grinding, polishing etc. curved surfaces of non-metallic solids, in particular glass bodies using a tool adapted at least in part to the surface to be machined and which moves relatively to the body to be machined while being compressed. This tool elastically follows the solid to be machined, and flowable grinding and/or polishing means are continuously supplied to the work space between tool and solid. The apparatus includes a rotating disk for seating and fastening the solid, elastically displacable, rigid tool presses at least against one part of the surface of the solid. Preferably it is the solid which is rotated while the tool is spatially fixed in elastically displaceable manner and is kept compressed in places against the solid.

Abstract: A device for shielding a particular area of an irregularly shaped article during a tumbling operation, thereby to protect this area from the action of the tumbling medium.

Abstract: A centrifugal blasting apparatus (11) is operable by a motor driven shaft (21) providing an annular ridge (33) to provide a fixed reference. An annular sleeve (34) is journalled upon the shaft (21) and sandwiched between the annular ridge (33) and a hub (40) which, in turn, is connected to and supports the particulate throwing wheel (50, 70) in precise axially spaced alignment. An axial thrust is applied against the hub (40) through an impeller (115) and centering plate (112) by a threaded bolt (117) secured to the shaft (21).

Abstract: An improvement in the combination of a sloped shingle or other roof and a gutter disposed adjacent to and below the lower edge of the roof, the improvement comprising generally a method and means of preventing the destructive effects of wintertime gutter icing and the resulting retention of water on the roof, and comprising more specifically, and in a preferred embodiment, a sheet metal or other thin strip gutter cover means adapted for insertion of one edge thereof under the roof shingles, with the remainder of the cover extending the sloped roof to the outer edge of the gutter, thus effectively eliminating the gutter and gutter function so that water and snow cannot enter the gutter, the gutter cover having means for connecting adjacent gutter cover sections and removably securing the cover to the gutter.

Abstract: An office building has a glass paneled exterior with transparent window panels extending from floor to ceiling of each story and a horizontal row of panels of translucent glass positioned adjacent the floor or the ceiling of a single story building or between the top portion of one story and the bottom portion of the next story in a multi-story building. An illuminated sign is provided comprising a plurality of electrically illuminated sign modules aligned linearly behind some of the translucent glass panels, which comprise a plurality of individual lights, selectively illuminable in the form of any one of a plurality of selected alphanumeric characters or symbols. The individual lights, when energized, provide light of an intensity sufficient to be seen outside the translucent glass panels but are invisible from the outside when deenergized. Control switches, etc., are provided for selectively energizing the lights on selected ones of the sign modules.

Abstract: A prefabricated building cubicle has a portion of the floor recessed to receive an interior bathroom module, which is also prefabricated, and contains plumbing lines and complete fixtures. The building cubicle has plumbing and electrical lines on one wall adapted to connect to the interior module when installed in the floor recess.The bathroom module can be disconnected and rolled through an openable area in one wall of the cubicle, such as that created by removal of a pair of sliding balcony doors. A new module can then be installed, such as a kitchen module or another bathroom, facilitating upgrading or conversion of hotel rooms to a condominium.

Abstract: A drilling rig comprising a base; and an A-frame carried by the base. The A-frame has left and right hydraulic mast cylinders with pistons in the cylinders. The rig also has a mast pivoted on the base and capable of being raised from a horizontal position to a vertical position. The mast has left and right pads adapted to respectively contact the left and right mast pistons before the center of gravity of the mast passes a point directly above the axis of rotation of the mast. The rig also has drawworks adapted to raise the mast about its axis of rotation; and has a hydraulic control system comprising means for synchronizing the movement of the left mast piston with the right mast piston.

Abstract: A floor panel for use in elevated floor assemblies is disclosed which includes a core member, a top sheet and a bottom sheet positioned on opposed sides of the core member and a flexible edge member operatively positioned between the top and bottom sheet. The bottom sheet has an upwardly deflected edge which forms a first shoulder. The top sheet includes a central section, an edge section and a connecting section operatively connecting the central section to the edge section. The edge section is positioned inboard of and below the first shoulder and forms an opening therebetween. The flexible edge member includes a portion which extends through the opening and an outer shoulder which engages the first shoulder. Edge member also includes an inner groove which is configured to receive the edge section therein.

Abstract: Multiple level, horizontal parking lanes are provided with self park automotive access from intermediate drive lanes inclined transversely to the direction of automotive travel therealong.

Abstract: A window seal apparatus capable of transmitting infrared radiation for use under high temperature ultra-high vacuum conditions. The apparatus includes a window clamped between an annular rim of a clamp flange and an annular rim of a sealing flange. The rim of the sealing flange includes an annular sealing knob machined therein having an annular indentation in its upper surface. An annular lead gasket is located between the sealing knob and one side of the window. An annular lead gasket having roughened surfaces is positioned adjacent to the other side of the window and a TEFLON gasket is positioned adjacent to the annular rim of the clamp flange. A constant force means is provided for pushing the clamp flange toward the window and the sealing flange thereby producing a seal therebetween. The window is preferably formed from alkali halide material.

Abstract: A moisture control dam system for curtain wall structures including spaced apart vertical and horizontal members in a framework for supporting wall panels. The horizontal frame members have an upwardly opening channel for receiving a lower edge portion of the panels and the channel includes an upstanding outer wall, a spaced apart upstanding inner wall, and a bottom wall. The upstanding walls are provided with thickened ribs on the inside surfaces adjacent the upper edges and sealing strips are mounted on the ribs for providing moisture seal around the edges of the outside face of the panel. Each rib projects outwardly of the adjacent inside wall surface toward a rib on an opposite channel wall and a pair of vertical grooves are formed therein adjacent the ends of the horizontal frame member for receiving vertical dams of sheet material that are inserted therein to dam up any accumulated moisture in the channel and prevent the discharge thereof out the end of the frame member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an end-anchoring system for anchoring at least one bar made from a fibrous compound material and being used as a tendon in pre-stressed concrete construction, comprising an anchorage pot arranged for being fixed at a pre-stressed concrete component and containing a clamping body which extends over a portion of the length of the bar and encloses the latter and upon which transverse forces acting vertically to the longitudinal axis of the bar and producing a frictional connection between the rod and the clamping body and the anchorage pot, respectively, can be exerted, the clamping body being part of translating means for transforming axial forces into transverse forces and serving to transform forces acting upon the device in the longitudinal direction of the bar into proportional transverse forces providing the frictional connection between the rod and the clamping body.

Abstract: A tube connector assembly is disclosed which comprises a post and flexible reed-like elements secured to the sides of the post. The reeds are selectively and adjustably spaced laterally from the post, as by set screws, to vary the effective diameter of the connector unit. Thereby the connector is adjusted to effect a telescopic slidable force fit in a tube or tubes for adjustable attachment of supports to portable partition panels, attachment of extension tubes, splicing panels together, and the like.

Abstract: An improvement is provided in a removeable partition wall system wherein gypsum board panels, having suspension assemblies attached thereto, are suspended from horizontal channel support members extending through cut-outs formed in the webs of vertical channel stud members. The support members are preferably V-shaped or semi-circularly shaped. The cut-out comprises upper and lower portions. The upper portion is sized to permit the support member to be inserted therethrough on edge. The lower portion forms a seat dimensioned and shaped to conform with the outline of the support member. The cut-out is formed to provide locking shoulders, at the confluence of the upper and lower portions, which function to hold the support member (when seated) against rotation or vertical displacement.

Abstract: A simple, reliable and inexpensively manufactured sunshade for attachment to the interior surfaces of an automotive window is devised by providing a pair of ribs which are adhesively attached to the interior surface of the window. Each rib has a plurality of ring-shaped louver fixtures attached to the rib and aligned such that the pluarlity of ring-shaped fixtures attached to one rib substantially lie in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rib. The pair of ribs are aligned so that each ring-shaped fixture has its axis of symmetry approximately aligned with a corresponding ring-shaped fixture on the opposing rib. Elongated, resilient louvers are disposed through the aligned ring-shaped fixtures by the user so that the louvers are held by a pair of ring-shaped fixtures in a substantially parallel plane, perpendicular to the elongated axis of the ribs.

Abstract: An elongated bracket used in converting a tee grid/lay-in panel ceiling structure to a linear beam array structure. The bracket has first gripping elements for attachment of the bracket to tees with lay-in panels in place on such tees and second gripping elements for subsequent attachment of linear beams to the bracket.

Abstract: A wallboard fastener comprising a flat base portion, an elongated tongue portion coplanar with the said base portion, a pair of flanges extending substantially normal to said base portion on opposite sides of the said tongue portion and a pair of impaling flanges mounted to said flanges so as to extend over and substantially parallel to the base portion. The improved construction of the fastener of the present invention includes an aperture in the base portion as well as in the tongue portion and separate ribs are provided for the base portion and the tongue portion so that the tongue portion is severable from the base portion without deforming the rib structures. Preferably, the fastener includes an additional rib structure disposed across the interspace between the ribs in the base portion and the ribs in the tongue portion, and which is offset from the ribs of both portions.

Abstract: A machine for erecting flat, collapsed tubular cartons and for filling and sealing the erected cartons provides higher production rates without significantly increasing the cycle rate or the floor space required by the machine. A rotatable mandrel assembly rotates about a horizontal axis and has pairs of radially extending mandrels at equally spaced circumferential positions. The mandrel assembly is driven in a stepwise sequential manner to bring each pair of mandrels sequentially into alignment with a series of work stations. At a loading station, a two-stage loading assembly erects a pair of carton blanks and loads carton blanks onto the pair of mandrels. One carton blank is inserted directly onto a mandrel, while the other carton blank is advanced to an intermediate holding position for loading during the next operating cycle. At subsequent work stations the bottom ends of the carton blanks are formed and sealed.

Abstract: A finger assembly includes a holder supported in depending position on a horizontal rail in the case loader. Fingers extend downwardly and outwardly from the holder and are resiliently clamped therein by a retaining member. An elongated fastener extends upwardly through the retaining member and has its upper end secured in the holder. The retaining member is spring biased upwardly against inturned fulcrum defining portions of each finger and said retaining member cooperates with a downwardly open cavity in the holder to define a plurality of finger sockets therebetween. The fingers are held for limited movement toward and away from centered positions associated with pockets defined in the case loader for the articles being loaded, and each finger is also adapted for limited lateral movement in its associated socket, at least when the finger is not in its centered position in a pocket.