Abstract: The present invention provides a bowling lane maintenance apparatus of applying a conditioning oil to the surface of a bowling lane and then buff finishing the oil applied bowling lane surface, said maintenance apparatus including a body, a box member pivotally mounted on said body and including a pair of parallel spaced side plates, oil applicator and buffing rollers rotatably supported within said box member perpendicular to said side plates and disposed on the opposite sides about the pivot, and a positioning air cylinder mechanism operably interposed between said body and one edge of said box member at its longitudinal center, said positioning air cylinder mechanism being adapted to pivot said box member such that one of said oil applicator and buffing rollers will be brought into contact with the surface of the bowling lane or both the rollers will be separated from the bowling lane surface.

Abstract: A lint removal apparatus having a length of adhesive coated tape wound upon a cylindrical core which is rotatably carried by a two-piece handle assembly. Each successive layer, or winding, of adhesive tape is provided with a diagonally extending cut which extends partially, but not completely, across the width of the winding. With this construction, an uncut band of material is formed proximate one edge of the core. As each successive winding is stripped from the core as the winding becomes contaminated, the uncut band of the winding will tear automatically causing a tab of the underlying winding to be upraised. In this way, a tab of the winding of adhesive tape will always be upraised after the removal of the contaminated layer of tape to facilitate removal of the next winding as it becomes contaminated.

Abstract: An improved fully automatic motor driven cleaning apparatus, which is permanently installed in a heat insulated compartment over the outlet of the chimney, without any portion of the mechanism extending into or attaching to the chimney or flue. The cleaning device is returned to a position above the chimney outlet after each cleaning cycle. The unit is remotely operated by a separate and detachable control module which plugs into any household electrical outlet.

Abstract: A hand implement having an adjustable handle which is selectively movable by operation of improved retention means therefor to any of a variety of use positions, each of which corresponds to a handle position perpendicular to one of a plurality of abutment faces located in non-parallel planes, and a reversable tool head in such a hand implement to selectively provide, for each handle position, either right hand or left hand tool orientation.

Abstract: The cleaning of old grease and accumulated impurities from wheel bearings as well as the repacking of such bearings with clean grease is accomplished by mounting bearings to be cleaned in a special manner in conjunction with an appropriate brush and in such manner as to be rotatable by rotating the rotor and further in conjunction with fluid flowing through and about such wheel bearings until the old grease and impurities are removed and the subsequent repacking of the wheel bearings with fresh grease by a pressure packing device.

Abstract: A carrying device for a storage battery is disclosed. In one embodiment, the carrying device comprises two retractable handles attached to the storage battery and guidance members associated with said handles for guiding the movement of the handles. Each of the handles has a crosspiece and arms extending along the sides of the storage battery. The arms contain elongated slits which receive the guidance members and thereby ensure accurate guidance of the handles.

Abstract: A multiposition hood hinge for an alligator type hood includes body mounted and hood mounted hinge members which are respectively pivoted to the forward and rearward ends of an intermediate link. An intermediate portion of the link is releasably secured to the body mounted hinge member. The hood mounted hinge member normally pivots about the rearward end of the link. Upon release of the intermediate portion of the link from the body mounted hinge member, the hinge can be moved to various open positions.

Abstract: The hinge is particularly adapted to permit a relatively thick door to be swung open without interference from the surrounding door mounting frame. A pair of arms pivotally connect the door to the frame, with the inner end of one of the arms being mounted on pin means having an axis about which the door rotates. Through the provision of various embodiments of connecting means and guide means, the pin means connecting the inner arm to the body travels in an arcuate, outward path when the door is opened, thereby moving the plane of the entire door outwardly to permit the room necessary to accommodate essentially full opening of the door. The pin means, during its arcuate movement, is guided by various forms of guide means to precisely define the arcuate path of travel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine comprising:a chassis movable with respect to a supporting structure,a clamp comprising:two jaws,means for controlling the opening and closing of said jaws,passive counter-jaws operationally coupled to said jaws,and means for controlling said counter-jaws with respect to said jaws.The invention finds an application in the mass-slaughtering of hogs.

Abstract: A sizing ring for stretching tubular food casing drawn from a stuffing horn has expandable fingers which can be spontaneously adjusted during filling operations for fine tuning the diameter of casings for greater dimensional uniformity of stuffed food casings.

Abstract: An encased product is formed by continuously applying an elongated flexible ribbon to the outer cylindrical surface of a stuffing tube at a canted angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube and rotating the flexible ribbon at the point where it is applied to the stuffing tube so that it will wrap around the tube in a plurality of helical revolutions to form a cylindrical casing on the tube. The adjacent edges of the helical revolutions of the ribbon are frictionally overlapped to one another so as to form a cylindrical casing and product is forced through the tube from the rearward end to the discharge end and into the cylindrical casing. The stuffing tube may be a rotating stuffing tube or it may be a stationary stuffing tube. A ribbon feed device is provided for feeding a continuous strip of ribbon to the stuffing tube.

Abstract: An improved fiber control for an apron drafting system of a spinning frame is disclosed which includes a rear pair of rolls (3, 6) a middle pair of rolls (2, 5), and a front pair of rolls (1, 4). A silver guidance zone is formed between upper apron 8 and lower apron 11 around rolls 5 and 2, respectively by which sliver is guided in a prescribed path. The guidance path may be configured especially to the fiber type and length by transverse projection elements (17, 18, 19) which engage lower apron 11 and are displaceable. The projection elements are displaceable perpendicular to and along the length of the sliver guidance zone and may be made to contact lower apron 11 to provide a desired shape for control of the sliver.

Abstract: The locking device comprises an operating lever, pivotally connected to one of the elements to be brought together, and supporting a take-up spool for a joining element, connected at a fixed point to the other of the elements to be brought together. The spool is rotatable about an axis spaced from and lying substantially parallel to the pivot axis of the lever. There are also provided members for releasably blocking rotation of the spool at least in the direction of unwinding of the joining element.

Abstract: A strap buckle with self-locking function, incorporating a frame shaped holder (15) with a shaft (1) extending laterally to the inner of the frame, which shaft carries a double-armed locking member (12), pivotably against the action of a resilient member, which locking member is adapted to cooperate with end gable (21) of the frame, thereby locking a part (19) of a strap between the locking member (12) and said end gable, whereby, for the purpose of providing a simple, easily assembled and reliable strap buckle, both arms (20,22) of the two-armed locking member (12) are situated inside the outer frame (18,21) of the holder (15), and the locking member (12) is provided with a central non-round, oblong transverse groove (13), and that the shaft (11) has a non-round, elongated cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the groove (13), whereas the resilient member is an integral part of the locking member (12), where the portions (25) about the groove (13) are elastically resilient, and the holder (15) as we

Abstract: A fastener removably clamps the edges of two panels each having a hole therethrough. The fastener includes a hinge pin, about which the fastener body pivots. To clamp the panels, the hinge pin is extended through the holes in both panels to align the panels and then the fastener body is pivoted so that its top flange portion lies on one panel and its bottom flange portion lies on the other panel, thereby clamping the panels between the two flange portions of the fastener.

Abstract: A plastic buckle consisting of a one-piece plastic molding has a belt insertion hole defined by top and bottom walls facing each other and opposite side walls facing each other. The front wall of the buckle has a lock portion defined by a U-shaped slit-like opening. The lock portion is elastically deformable and has a lock pawl provided on the inner side of its end portion. The opposite side walls are provided with side holes communicating with the belt insertion hole. Operating members penetrate the side holes to be inwardly elastically deformed to be brought into contact with the side portions of the lock portion to cause an upward displacement of the free end of the lock portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock for safety belts, which is designed to receive a lock tongue provided with a deflection web and is equipped with a press button and which is arranged next to a high storage compartment, center armrest or the like. To make it possible to actuate the lock easily and properly for safety purposes in spite of the high storage compartment located next to it, according to the invention, the top edge of the lock tongue and/or of the press button extends upwards relative to the load bearing deflection web of the lock tongue into the vicinity of the top edge of the storage compartment, center armrest or the like.

Abstract: To overcome problems concerning storage of entombment caskets in crypts or mausoleums, particularly garden crypts, there is provided an air-tight end-capped casket-enclosing article made of suitable material, such as rotation-molded polyethylene or other suitable synthetic resinous (plastic) material, alone or reinforced with suitable other fibrous material, such as fiberglass.

Abstract: Two metallic members are connected together over a defined area of respective surfaces of the members by providing at least one layer of metal on at least one of the surfaces. The or each layer of metal has at least one elementary component and is of essentially uniform composition over the defined area, and is of essentially uniform thickness over the defined area. The two surfaces are brought into confronting, contacting relationship, and heat is applied to cause the metal of the or each layer to melt, whereby the members are bonded together by an alloy having a melting point in the range from about 500 degrees C to about 900 degrees C.

Abstract: A transducer for a stringed musical instrument incorporating an electrically conductive ground plane, along with a plurality of piezoelectric transducers and a conductive strip. The ground plane, piezoelectric transducers and conductive strip are secured in an elongated unitary structure with the ground plane and conductive strip disposed on opposite sides of the transducers. A conductive shield made of paper with a conductive coating is disposed about the unitary structure and electrical leads connect to the ground plane and conductive strip, respectively.

Abstract: A method of securing tubes between tube sheets of a heat exchanger, with the tube sheets being interconnected via a housing. The tubes and/or the tube sheets of are made of a steel that has to be annealed after a welding process. To be able to provide a stress-free connection between the tubes and the tube sheets, and to enable simple repair of the tubes, the length of at least one end of each tube is extended by welding thereto a tubular piece that is made of a material that can be welded without subsequent thermal treatment being required. Sleeves that extend the length of the holes in the tube sheet are welded onto the outer surface of at least one of the tube sheets. At least the free end of each sleeve is made of a material that can be welded without subsequent thermal treatment being required. One end of each tube, if such end is not provided with a tubular extension, is welded onto a tube sheet.

Abstract: The method includes providing an aluminum plate having an outer peripheral portion in an elliptic shape, the outer peripheral portion including a plurality of tooth portions. An intermediate element is formed by pressing the aluminum plate to cause the outer peripheral portion of the plate to project unidirectionally in a thickness direction with respect to a radially inward portion of the intermediate element to form a flange at the outer peripheral portion. The plurality of tooth portions are formed at this flange. A plurality of teeth members are formed by cutting the flange of the intermediate element in a thickness direction thereof at an outer surface in a projecting direction of the flange to reduce the thickness of the flange relative to the thickness of the intermediate element.

Abstract: A contact which is attached to a wire is fitted in a hole of a connector by first identifying the wire to which the contact is attached. The location of the hole that is to receive the contact is determined automatically from an electronic data lookup table, and a signal is provided which positions an end portion of a fiber optic rod in line with the correct hole of the connector. The opposite end of the fiber optic rod is optically coupled to a source of light. The fiber optic rod is advanced so that it enters the hole and projects from the opposite side of the connector identifying the correct hole. Light emitted from the fiber optic rod facilitates visual identification of the hole from which the rod is projecting. Therafter, the fiber optic rod is retracted, and the contact is inserted into the hole.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a plurality of ring lasers or ring laser blocks from a single block of material.

Abstract: Form-locking means and process for joining same to a subcaliber projectile in a peripheral region thereof. The form-locking means consists of a material in the form of a n-phase sintered alloy having a high content of at least one heavy metal, wherein n.gtoreq.2. The material forming the form locking means in the peripheral region of the subcaliber projectile form at least one further alloy phase. The form-locking means includes interlocking lands and grooves, and are joined to the periphery of the subcaliber projectile in the form of a layer of predetermined thickness which can be joined to the projectile surface by means of explosion welding.

Abstract: A method for assembling a safety belt retractor in which the belt storage spool shaft and belt rub protector discs are assembled and installed simultaneously to the retractor frame. Easily assembled belt storage spool shaft and related ratchet wheel, deactivator disc, lock bar and belt return spring are also provided.

Abstract: For reducing the diameter of any axially limited part of a metal tube, that part is heated externally by an annular heater while at least the adjacent part or parts of the metal tube are being cooled and held at a temperature sufficiently low to limit the free thermal expanison of the heated part. On cooling, the part that has been heated becomes less in diameter than the other portions of the metal tube. The complete length of the metal tube can likewise be reduced in diameter by moving the annular heater and the metal tube relative to each other in the longitudinal direction of the tube from one end to the other while at least the adjacencies of the part being heated are being cooled as by water. The same method is adaptable for the fabrication of wear-resistant dual wall pipe for the transportation of fluids, as is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A cylindrical support for a tool changer arm is provided with U-shaped gear toothed means, such that rotation of a pinion which engages the gear toothed means causes an axial movement of the tool changer, a 180.degree. rotation of the tool changer, and an opposite axial movement of the tool changer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic head by a thin-film technique which head comprises at least two magnet legs which have pole surfaces which face a recording medium and which lie in a common plane. With this method, a preliminary product of the magnetic head having end pieces of the legs which extend beyond this plane and which are spaced by a small gap, and an electrically conducting structure are applied in such a manner that this structure is separated, if the substrate body is processed by material removal from the side facing the recording medium, just when the plane of the pole surfaces has been reached, into two conductor parts electrically insulated from each other. With this method, the area portion required for the manufacture of a magnetic head on the substrate body is to be reduced.

Abstract: A component having an externally engaged actuating member which effects an internal change at what is required to be a closely repeatable position in the movement of the member, e.g. a micro-switch actuated by a push button, is calibrated by progressively moving the actuating member while sensing for the internal change then, when the change occurs, clamping the actuating member (e.g. the push button) and cutting it to length.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for surface mounting of components (201) on a support (106). The arrangement comprises a positioning device )102, 103, 104) for holding and moving the components to a mounting position relative to the support. A centering arrangement of two components (203, 204) movable towards and from each other and disposed to center the component from opposite sides concurrently with its movement to the mounting position is provided. The centering arrangement (203, 204) comprises two centering electrodes (300, 310) which are designed with recesses (301, 302, 305, 306) which are adapted to the form and the size of the different component types to be mounted. The centering electrodes moreover comprise electric contact members (307, 308, 706) which are intended to connect the component to an equipment for measuring its electrical properties.

Abstract: A die set for attaching a self-attaching fastener having an annular barrel portion to a panel. The die set includes a driving member and a die member having a concave annular die cavity which is generally hemispherical in cross-section and which surrounds a center die post which projects from the bottom surface of the die cavity. The die post includes a conical side surface, adajcent the top face, which is inclined outwardly from the axis of the post. The top face of the die post preferably includes an annular top surface, adjacent the conical side surface, which defines a piercing edge, and a conical top surface, adjacent the axis of the post. The driving surface aligns the barrel portion of the self-attaching element with the center post of the die cavity and drives the free end of the annular barrel portion into engagement with the panel and through the opening in the panel to first engage the conical side surface of the post.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for gripping DIP components automatically without the need for shutting down the machine to change the tooling assembly when handling components which differ in width. Two sets of fingers are provided, with one set inside the other, such that engagement of the inner pair with a wide component causes automatic retraction of them sufficiently for gripping of the component by the outer pair. In the absence of a component, the inner pair of fingers is automatically extended for subsequent component handling.

Abstract: A circuit component such as an electrical unit is mounted to a circuit board, by providing a mounting body to support the unit on the board; providing conductive means including contact structure with spring fingers to receive a nit terminal, the conductive means including auxiliary terminal means to project outwardly of the body via a body slot, the contact structure and auxiliary terminal means defining a bridge portion with tab means in the body slot to anchor the body. The light unit may extend at either end of the body.

Abstract: In the package for optical device according to the present invention, since electroconductive paste printed on a sapphire substrate cut lower in the central portion beforehand is prevented from rising higher at ends than in other portion after burning, irregularity on the surface of a die bonding pad is eliminated. In the optical device according to the present invention, since an electrode and a solder layer having each a light introducing hole are sequentially mounted in layers on the die-bonded side of an optical device chip which is die-bonded to the die bonding pad by said solder layer, the optical device chip is die-bonded in a stable state.

Abstract: A device for removing a weld bead from the external periphery of a plastic gas pipe.The device (FIG. 2) has a body 10 with an inclined reaction surface 13 and a blade 21. The blade 21 is engaged with a bead 22 and the portion 22a of the bead 22 which is lifted is gripped between a toothed wheel 17 and the inclined surface 21. As the wheel 17 is rotated by use of a lever 18 operating via a ratchet, the device is moved bodily around the circumference of a pipe 31 to remove the bead 22.Retractable and adjustable stabilising means 25, 28 etc. are provided and there is a hardened end portion 20 on the body 10 to enable the device to be hammered to engage the blade in the bead initially.

Abstract: The device is an air intake apparatus for a chain saw. There is a hollow main casing having front and rear ends. A handle extends above the casing. The handle is fixed to the casing. An engine is disposed in the casing. A carburator is disposed in the casing front adjacent to a fuel tank. An oil tank is disposed at the casing rear.

Abstract: A cutting device for a cutting machine comprises a chain guided in translation along a cutting plane by a chain guide and has cutting tools arranged alternately on either side of the cutting plane. Each cutting tool has a curved cutting end, which curves towards the outside of the cutting plane and defines a concave surface. A scraper is positioned on either side and in the vicinity of the chain guide and cutting tools parallel to the cutting plane, said scraper having two ends projecting towards said plane, each having a convex surface complementary to the concave surface, so that said ends remove cutting waste from the tools during the passage of the tools on the scraper. The cutting device is especially useful for cutting soft, sticking, or dirtying materials.

Abstract: A coordinate measuring instrument, wherein a measuring element support member (1) having a measuring element (2) is movably supported on a mount plate (3), this measuring element (2) is abutted against the surface and the like of a work to be measured, which is mounted on the mount plate (3), and relative movement values between this measuring element (2) and the work are detected to measure a configuration and the like of the work. In this measuring instrument, vertical surfaces (3A, 3B, 50A and 50B) are formed on the mount plate (30) and air bearings (47, 52 and 53) opposed to these vertical surfaces are provided on legs (8 and 9) of the measuring element support member (1), so that the measuring element support member (1) can be regulated in its position in a direction of X-axis.

Abstract: A lens pattern blank has an axis scale pattern on the front face thereof to enable the user to check the axis of the pattern before cutting lenses, particular for bifocal lenses. The axis scale pattern includes a mark along the X axis and to the left of the origin on the front face of the blank and a range of angles with a 0 point at the X axis and a radial center at the cross. The angular markings are disposed to the right of the origin.

Abstract: A heat lamp assembly including a housing with first and second ends and opposite sides. A quartz tube heat lamp is mounted within the housing and extends between its sides. An air bar is also mounted within the housing and extends between its sides in parallel, spaced relation to the heat lamp. The air bar includes inlet and outlet openings and comprises a material with a relatively high coefficient of thermal conductivity for receiving heat from the heat lamp whereby air passing therethrough is warmed.

Abstract: A device for drying footwear comprising a holding element on which the footwear to be dried is slipped onto, means for conducting warm air through the holding element into the footwear through at least one discharge port and at least one carrier organ to distribute the warm air characterized in that the holding elements are formed by tube bends (1', 11') of at least one pipe coil (1, 11) with the discharge ports (18,16) arranged in the downward pointing area of one of the ends of the curve of the tube bend.

Abstract: An apparatus for contacting solids with gases, preferably a needle coke preheater, which includes an elongated housing having an entrance and an exit and means for introducing solids into the entrance of the housing. A bed support divides the housing into an upper chamber and a lower chamber and is declined from the horizontal at an angle such that the solids introduced into the entrance of the housing slide down the bed support toward the exit of the housing. The bed support contains a plurality of openings distributed between two solid rectangular borders which serve as the two long parallel sides of the bed support. The openings are sufficiently large so that gases can flow from the lower chamber in contact with the solids and then into the upper chamber. The solid rectangular borders prevent preferential flow of the gases up the walls of the housing by forcing the gases to flow toward the center of the bed support.

Abstract: A drying machine for the heating and drying of wet, comminuted materials comprises a stationary housing with a rotary, hollow rotor (1) with the admission and conducting away of a heating medium, and where the rotor has a number of annular drying elements (2) with heating channels (3), and comprises a number of lifting elements (4) secured by welding along the circumference of the drying elements. The lifting elements are plate items which extend over at least two consecutive drying elements, and consist of a lifting part (8) and a deflection part (7).

Abstract: A shoe heel protection apparatus. A base underlies the heel and instep portion of a shoe and has side walls 16 formed contiguous therwith. The side walls extend generally upwardly from the base to cover and protect the sides and heel portion of the shoe from scuffing. A unique strap means is formed contiguous with the side walls and engages over the instep of the shoe. A pin strap and socket strap interlock by manually engaging the pin members of the pin strap with the apertures formed in section plates of the socket strap. The strap means may be easily adjusted to accommodate differing shoe sizes by selection of a particular one of the section plates for engagement with the pin members of the pin strap. The apparatus is of a light weight molded plastic construction and is injection molded as a unitary piece.

Abstract: A shoe for rehabilitation purposes, particularly for wear in connection with foot injuries and/or after foot surgery is designed such that patients with foot injuries or after foot surgery can remove rigid supports like plaster casts, orthotics, or the like, in a short time, enabling them to walk again as soon as possible without fear of additional damage or subsequent injuries. To this end, a shoe is provided with an outsole 6 with a front part 8 that extends from the shoe tip 7, which it upwardly embraces, to approximately the toe base joint. The front part 8 consists of an unprofiled material with a low coefficient of friction and is followed by a profiled outsole part 10 comprised of an abrasion-resistant flexible material. The separation line 11 between the two profiled sections 8, 10 extends diagonally rearward from the medial side of the shoe in front of the big toe ball area to the lateral side of the shoe in front of the small toe ball area.

Abstract: The invention relates to an article of footwear having a removable insole. The insole has nubs and magnetic metal parts on its upper surface for massaging the foot reflex zones. Snap fasteners fasten the insole to the sole. Each snap fastener has an upper part mounted on the lower surface of the insole opposite the magnetic metal part, and a lower part mounted on the sole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device intended to be positioned under footgear as a walking facility and/or anti-skid means, whereby the device comprises a tread means (3) which is fastenable at the front and at the back of the footgear (2) through fore and rear anchoring members (4 and 5 respectively). In order to be adapted to shoes of various size, be firmly fastened and quickly removed in a simple manner and, after use, assume such a shape that it may be put away in any small space, e.g. a trousers-pocket, the tread means (3) is zigzag-shaped, in its normal shape substantially shorter than the footgear (2) and straightenable through elongation with regard to its zigzag-shape for increasing the length thereof, whereby said tread means is fastenable to the footgear.

Abstract: A locking device for an excavating tooth, where the tooth has vertically aligned openings for the receipt of the locking device, which includes a relatively elongated pin having a reduced diameter central cylindrical portion and a basket spring mounted and substantially surrounding the cylindrical portion to provide a ball and socket-like connection between the lock and the tooth.

Abstract: An excavating machine has a plurality of tooth receiving support blocks mounted for movement thereon to enable an excavating operation to be carried out when digging teeth are mounted to the blocks. Each support block has a cylindrical bore for receiving the cylindrical shank of a prior art rotatable type bit. The present improvements provide the combination of said support block with a non-rotatable dirt type excavating tooth. The tooth includes a cylindrical shank at one end thereof made complementary respective to the block bore so that the shank can be telescopingly received in a captured manner within the bore of the support block, thereby mounting the excavating tooth to a block. A stop means is formed on said block for engaging an abutment means of the tooth and prevents axial rotation of the tooth when the shank is received within the bore.