Abstract: A coated wire with a metal core is inserted between two rollers, at least one of which has a plurality of circumferential cutting edges. The rollers are adjusted to firmly grasp the wire. The cutting edges of the first roller are axially staggered relative to the cutting edges of the second roller. The distance between the cutting edges of each roller increases along the length of each roller. The depths of the grooves between the cutting edges of each roller differs at selected sections of each roller relative to other sections in each roller, and the width of the grooves is adapted to be less than the diameter of the wire to be stripped. The rollers are rotated at different speeds and in opposite directions to advance the wire through the rollers, slice the coating or jacket, and remove it from the metal core.

Abstract: A metallic strip and a cable core are advanced together along a passline through conventional apparatus for wrapping the strip around the core to provide a partially formed shield around the cable. The shield and core continue along the passline through apparatus according to the invention for closing the shield around the core. This closing apparatus includes a support roller for supporting the shield and core on the passline, shield engaging members resiliently urged against the shield to hold flanking regions of the shield against the core as the shield is closed, and edge region guide means for urging edge regions of the shield in overlapping relationship onto the core. The edge region guide means are radially adjustable relative to the passline to accommodate different cable diameters.

Abstract: An improved bandoleer of contact carriers for use in a power crimping tool is provided by assembling a plurality of separate contact carriers. Each contact carrier has a uniform exterior size and shape and is further provided with a male connector radially extending from one side, and the diametrically opposite side of the contact carrier is provided with a female connector radially extending from the contact carrier. The female and male connectors are arranged and configured to resiliently couple to corresponding and appropriate opposite connectors with the adjacent contact carrier in the bandoleer. The male connector is a longitudinal web having a longitudinal bulbous portion. The female connector is a socket connector having a restricted opening smaller than the bulbous portion of the male connector. However, the inherent resiliency of the female socket allows the restricted portion to expand to permit passage of the bulbous portion of the male connector into the female socket.

Abstract: A chip mounter for automatically mounting an electronic part onto a substrate. The chip mounter has a sucker for vacuum-holding the electronic part, at least one pair of fingers capable of reciprocatively moving between an electronic part clamping position and a release position and of also moving vertically, and a guide for guiding the fingers so that they perform linear reciprocative movement. Positioners for clamping the electronic part are disposed on the respective distal ends of the fingers in such a manner that their positions are adjustable in the clamping direction.

Abstract: Cables having interspersed co-planar signal and ground wires are terminated at a planar circuit board by stapling the cable to the circuit board with a bus member, mechanically and electrically connecting the signal wires to signal wire termination sites which are downstream from the bus member, folding the ground wires back over the bus member, and mechanically and electrically connecting the ground wires to the bus member.

Abstract: A disposable razor includes a handle having a compartment for containing a limited amount of shaving cream/gel, with the amount of the shaving cream/gel predetermined to be quantitatively the appropriate amount usable during the relatively short life of the disposable razor. The handle includes provisions for inserting and removing a container for the cream or gel in one embodiment and other embodiments disclose different elements for dispensing the cream or gel from the container through the bottom of the handle.

Abstract: The cutting tool includes a tool body having a longitudinal channel to receive different sizes (outer diameters) of shielded cable for cutting and a cutter arm movably mounted on the body to bring a rotatable cutter blade into the channel to cut the shielding. A transverse adjusting member is mounted on the tool body for movement toward or away from the channel to adjustably position a pivotable cable clamp detent in the channel and includes a biasing spring that allows pivotable deflection of the clamp detent toward one end of the channel when the cable is inserted from the other end and return of the clamp detent to a cable clamp position when the cable is moved slightly in the opposite direction to prevent cable movement as a result of cutting forces. Movement of the adjusting member controls the adjusted position of the clamp detent in the channel and means is provided on the adjusting member to releasably lock same for a particular size of shielded cable to be cut.

Abstract: Apparatus for severing primary tubes of steam generator of a nuclear reactor. The tubes are under water because they are radioactive and also because it is undesirable to expose the tubes to oxidation. The tubes are in a confined region of the steam generator affording limited access for cutting. The apparatus includes a file whose cutting surface is cylindrical. The file is located wholly in the region where the tube is clamped within the cooperative clamps which secure the tube for cutting. The file is rotated in cutting engagement with the tube by an air motor. The file is mounted on a slider which is pulled by a cable causing the file to cut through the tube.

Abstract: A multi-function sewing implement having a scissor configuration wherein one cutting edge is curved for raising and severing single stitches and the opposing cutting edge is straight. The adjacent edge member is provided with an extension containing a recess useful in the ripping of seams.

Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention addresses the unique problem of punching centrally located holes in stoma-wafers, and comprises a base portion fixed to a surface such as a table or the like, the base portion having a raised annular projection for placement of a stoma-wafer thereupon with the projection fittingly engaging into the hole of the stoma-wafer. The base portion further includes an upper arm member fixed to the base portion and extending to a point directly above the location of the raised projection. The fixed member has a vertically movable plunger element with an annular blade threadably attached to the lower end of it, the annular blade being of a size larger than the raised projection, so that movement of the blade downward would cut a hole in the wafer to the appropriate size of the blade as the stoma-wafer is centrally located on the projection.

Abstract: An improved hand operated metal shear that removes a strip of metal in small sections with the lower cutter attached to the upper handle by a cylindrical post of lesser diameter than the strip of metal removed so that the shears may be turned sharply to either side without distortion of the metal being cut and with the upper box-like cutter having a curved bottom to facilitate cutting of corrugated metal.

Abstract: A braking arrangement for a motor-driven chain saw is disclosed. The braking arrangement is actuable by a releasing device and is held in the release position against a spring force by means of a latching device. The braking arrangement includes a brake band holding member to which a brake band is fastened. The brake band can be tightened around a clutch drum of the motor-driven chain saw by means of an ancillary chain brake device provided in addition to the chain brake device, so that the clutch drum is brought to an immediate stop. This braking action occurs also if the releasing device of the chain brake device is not actuated. In this way, the chain brake device remains activated thereby enabling it to act during operation of the chain saw, for example, in the event that the motor-driven chain saw kicks back while the saw chain is running.

Abstract: A fastener (100) slides down a tube (12) onto one end of a channel (16) formed in a V-shaped block (14). Movement of the fastener (100) along the channel (16) is retarded by two fingers (20, 26). A blade (38) moves along a slot (18) in the bottom of the channel (16) to push the fastener (100) along the channel (16) past a feeler (56). The feeler (56) is attached to a shaft (60) of a rotary transducer (58) to pivot therewith. A linear transducer (50) is actuated by longitudinal movement of the blade (38). The output of the transducers (50, 58) is compared by a computer to a predetermined output to check the profile of the fastener (100). A carriage (68) is moved to bring the infeed end (72) of a conduit (70) adjacent to the outfeed end of the block (14). The blade (38) pushes the fastener (100) into the conduit (70).

Abstract: The joist hanger gage and holding device enables its user to position a joist hanger against the header vertically, space it horizontally, and hold it in position hands free. The inherent design of four major members, the solid jaw, movable jaw, vernier rod and horizontal spacer offer greater overall efficiency and greater personal safety regarding construction personnel hand injury over the present method of joist hanger installations.

Abstract: A method and a device for simulating a larger width of felt/wire than the real one in a hot air plant for heat treatment of the felt/wire avoids a temperature drop towards the edges and of achieving a homogeneous temperature treatment all over the width of the felt/wire. Along the edges of the felt/wire adjustable sheetlike members or roller blinds are provided in the heating zone.

Abstract: A condensation process and apparatus for water vapor under vacuum which is taken preferably from a drying apparatus. The vacuum is produced by a water ring vacuum pump through which water flows, and the water vapor in the liquid ring vacuum pump is condensed into the liquid. The water is carried in a water circuit with at least one heat exchanger yielding heat from the water for heating purposes. Before flowing into the water ring vacuum pump, the water carried in the circuit is passed through a heat exchanger transferring waste heat from the pump and the pump drive to the water. Heat losses are prevented by a casing of thermal insulation surrounding the pump as well as the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A system to maintain the BTU output of a rotary drum, in which steam is supplied to the drum, and in which saturated steam and condensate is drained therefrom. An upstream flow meter and a downstream flow meter measure fluid flow, and in view of the small partial pressure of the condensate and of the large volumetric difference between the condensate and the steam which was condensed, the difference between the flow meter readings can be understood as a measure of BTU's provided as a consequence of the condensation which occurs in the drum.

Abstract: A method of making a knockout plug in a sheet of metal is provided. The method comprises the steps of: shearing the sheet metal along a majority of a perimeter of a geometric shape so that a plug is produced retained to the sheet metal by at least one retaining strip; cold working at least one sheared area at a pressure sufficient to cause the sheared sheet metal in the area to coalesce; and shearing the retaining strip so that the sheet metal has been sheared along the entire perimeter of the geometric shape. An appliance having a metal casing and a knockout plug stamped in the casing for providing a vent in the cabinet is also provided. The knockout plug is fully sheared along its entire perimeter and has an area along its perimeter that has been cold worked to produce coalesce between the sheared metal.

Abstract: An apparatus for drying and heating lime sludge in a rotary kiln by means of regenerative heat transfer. The apparatus is preferably formed of round or rounded rods which extend parallel to the longitudinal axis. The rods are disposed in the kiln in an annular region adjacent the housing wall so that lime sludge flows freely between the rods while the kiln is rotating.

Abstract: A dryer, especially for wood, has at least two drying chambers separated from each other by at least one partition wall, at least one fan in each of the drying chambers, and at least two connection passages for the reciprocal connection of the drying chambers. Each of the connection passages can be constricted or blocked off by blocking devices. To properly convey drying agent to where it is to be used, a fan is mounted in at least one of the drying chambers connected together by the connection passages, is associated with one connection passage, and is arranged directly adjacent to the connection passage. The blocking device includes a flap on one side only. When the flap is closed, it forms a part of the side wall of one connection passage. The flap is arranged directly in front of and in the conveying direction of the fan, such that, when it is open, it forms a deflector for the drying agent conveyed by the fan.

Abstract: A shoe containing a plurality of pairs of ribs provided between the mid-sole and the outer sole. All of the ribs are provided with at least one bowed or convex surface running the length of the rib. At least one compression bridging element is placed between adjacent pairs of ribs to prevent one rib of a pair of ribs from contacting a second rib of an adjacent rib pair.

Abstract: Sandal having a hollow sole containing air under slight pressure made by blow molding with a blow pipe having a pointed conical terminal providing a small entrance opening which is eventually sealed.

Abstract: A shaft subject to orbiting motion as it is driven in rotation is directly connected to the prime mover driving the shaft so that the prime mover follows the orbiting motion of the shaft. The housing associated with the prime mover is connected to a fixed structure through a universal coupling, which may be a gimbal, capable of preventing the housing from rotating relative to the fixed structure while permitting it to follow the orbiting motion of the shaft.

Abstract: A cured animal foot for mounting to a plaque includes an animal foot comprised of skin, bone, and flesh, having a lower portion with digits and an upper portion which at an upper end thereof has been cut from a leg of an animal, the upper and lower portions being joined at about a 90.degree. angle at the wrist joint. The cured animal foot further includes a semi-stiff wire inserted longitudinally into the animal foot and extending into both the upper and lower portions of the animal foot. While the animal foot is still fresh, it is bent at the wrist to the desired angle and held thereat by the bent wire while the foot is cured in the bent configuration in a curing bath. The invention is carried out by providing a fresh animal foot and a semi-stiff wire, inserting the semi-stiff wire longitudinally into the foot so that the wire extends into both the upper and lower portions of the foot. The foot is then bent at the wrist to the selected angle.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement in signs of the kind which comprise a plurality of narrow, elongated prisms arranged in side-by-side relationship and the side faces of which together form a plurality of sign surfaces in different rotational positions of the prisms. The prisms are rotated by a drive shaft, common to all prisms, via a respective bevel gear drive. In accordance with the invention, each driving gear wheel of the bevel gear drive is journalled for rotation in a bearing which is carried by an individual bearing support, which is guided for individual movement axially along tracks which extend longitudinally along the one frame side-member of the sign, and which bearing supports can be locked in selected positions along the tracks.

Abstract: A sign unit is described which may be used in a variety of ways to make up signs. The unit consists of an extruded section having a flat central web (1, 30) and two flanges (2, 3, 32, 33). The outer surface of web (1) remote from the flanges can have a legend printed on it. Alternatively a sign plate (14, 15, 37, 38) may be inserted between flanges (2 and 3) and held against e.g. ribs (4) or in grooves (35, 36). The flanges or formations thereon may be dimensioned to cooperate with a holder on which the unit may be clipped. The sign unit is preferably made of aluminium alloy or rigid plastics material.

Abstract: A sign holder having a substantially transparent, flexible cover which is closely received in a base. The cover is removed from the base by flexing the cover to free the ends of the cover from pockets on the base. The sign is positioned between a mounting surface of the base and the cover. Air channels are provided in the base and the walls forming the pockets to prevent the formation of a vacuum when water enters the interface between the cover and the base, while inhibiting external access by vandals.

Abstract: The invention is an inflatable portable decoy for attracting geese and other game fowl, in which wind serves to continuously maintain the body of the decoy in an inflated condition, with the decoy body fastened to a portable stake. The invention comprises a shaped stake unit and a wind-inflatable body unit which may be detachably fastened to the stake. The body unit is shaped as an open inflatable bag, made of flexible sheeting, and may be completely wrapped about the stake unit for transport and stowage purposes. Alternatively, the body unit may be a non-inflatable flexible sheet that is attachable to the stake unit and which is flared away from the stake unit by wind action to simulate a decoy body. A looped tie member which may be mounted to the body unit serves to fasten ballast to the body unit in the assembled mode, and alternatively to fasten the body member about the stake member when the unit is disassembled for storage purposes.

Abstract: A fishing pole and line holding device which allows one to troll from a multiple of positions around a boat includes a plurality of fishing pole holding means and means thereon to provide for extra fishing line. The angle of the holding means can be adjusted to a variety of positions and the device can be easily installed or removed by means of its base which includes a vertical adjustment capability.

Abstract: A fishing weight, particularly for steelhead fishing, is made from a tube of thermoplastic material having at least one weight element therein. Heat is applied to one end of the tube of thermoplastic material so as to form a gob of molten thermoplastic material at that end. The periphery of an attachment ring is brought into contact with the gob of molten thermoplastic material. The molten thermoplastic material flows about the ring and through the opening of the ring, and is then allowed to cool and solidify.

Abstract: A device useful for recording data concerning fish which have been caught. The system includes a carrying case enclosing operative components of the system, including a weighing and measuring subassembly and a data readout display. These are located within one side of the two hinged-together parts of the carrying case. A pre-focused camera is secured in the opposite side of the case, and is carried upon an expandable support structure positionable to photograph a fish supported on the weighing and measuring subassembly, concomitantly with photographing of a digital readout display of the fish's weight, a scalar graphic portrayal of the width and length of the fish, and a digital readout of other important data regarding the fish. The system further includes a computer, computer keyboard and printer by which certain data concerning the fish and the fisherman can be input to the digital readout display, and concurrently printed on a printer tape.

Abstract: A contact poison delivery system relates to the containment of a rodenticide impregnated wick in a "tamper-resistant" containers that will coat a rat or mouse passing through said container with a lethal dose of poison, ingested by the rodent as it preens and cleans itself. The position of the wick and the configuration of the internal structure of the container insures a maximum application to the rodent traversing the device while isolating the wick, its structure and the poisoned substance from prying hands. The device provides the additional advantage of being easily fabricated and for allowing a premeasured and readily definable amount of poison to be encased in a manner that will insure its stability and safe usage.

Abstract: A process for substantially reducing the amount of insoluble fluoride-forming species in a coal feed material comprising slurrying a coal feed with a fluoride acid in the presence of an amount of fluoride-complexing species at least equal to the amount necessary to form tightly-bound complex ions with substantially all free-fluoride-ions in the slurry to produce a leached coal product and a spent leach liquor, and separating the leached coal product from the spent leach liquor. The process produces a clean purified fuel with ash content of less than about 5%, and preferably less than about 1%. Loss of fluorine values by formation of insoluble fluorides is minimized. Alkali metals and alkaline earths are substantially dissolved.

Abstract: A vertical-axis centrifugal fan is operated in an orchard or crop area to draw warm upper air downward, and urge it laterally outward to displace lower strata of cold air to prevent freezing. The rotor is axially open on top, and closed on the bottom to establish this flow without ducting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of crosslinkable silicone materials to coat botanic seeds, seedlings, meristematic tissue and plant embryos for their protection and to promote germination. The crosslinkable silicone materials are coated onto the seeds, seedlings, meristematic tissues or plant embryos and crosslinked to cure them. The silicone coatings of the present invention on the surface of the seeds, seedlings, meristematic tissues or plant embryos provide antifungal protection and can be used to carry entrapped plant adjuvants to the site of germination. The crosslinked silicone coatings are permeable to water vapor and oxygen and allow sunlight to pass through to the germinating seed.

Abstract: An indoor multiple purpose hydroponic cultivation planter is a non-water-leaking structure including an upper opening for a plant and a side surface having a coupling opening for a rootstock of said plant. A plurality of planters are coupled to each other via the coupling openings and positioned in a desired arrange pattern, each the planter receives porosity grain fillers and water. The plant is cultivated in at least one of the planters.

Abstract: An improved method and container for growing a plant intended to be transplanted are provided. The side wall of the container includes at least one upwardly facing internal ledge positioned substantially horizontally therein and a plurality of spaced openings are disposed on the side wall and extend through the ledge. A portion of the roots growing laterally within the container are trapped by the ledge, are guided through the openings and are air-pruned as a result thereof.

Abstract: A closure assembly for preventing transmission of interference fields, especially high-frequency magnetic fields. The assembly comprises a closure which is disposed to be movable with respect to a fixed structure, with the closure and/or the fixed structure being provided with elements for establishing contact and thereby preventing transmission of interference fields between the two. In accordance with the present invention, the closure is disposed to move substantially rectilinearly in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane along a surface of the closure, and substantially rectilinearly in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the closure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wrap-over swinging-sliding door (2) which swings into a closure position at the end of its closure stroke. The door is guided relative to the vehicle bodywork by a bottom rail (4) which co-operates with wheels (3a) fixed to the panel and by at least one top rail (7a, 7b) which is situated at roof level and which co-operates with a horizontal wheel (6a, 6b) which is guided therein and which is capable of moving vertically when the bottom wheels engage a swing-imparting slope which lowers the door at the same time as it moves the door into the bodywork.

Abstract: A non-metallic edge guard for the trailing edge of the front door of an automobile in those models where the leading edge of the corresponding rear door, because of the manner in which the rear door is hinged, executes a small component of motion toward the trailing edge of the front door when the rear door is opened. The edge guard's base is thinner than its legs, and the base is thinner toward the inner leg than it is toward the outer leg.

Abstract: An insulated metal edge guard of generally U-shaped cross section is provided with beads at the distal ends of the legs. In order to achieve metal-to-metal contact in the formation of the beads insulating material on one surface of the flat metal strip from which the edge guard is formed is omitted along the margins of the strip and the margins are sufficiently wide to guarantee that there will be metal-to-metal contact when the beads are formed. This leaves exposed metal which is covered by applying a further insulating material. Various color combinations are possible and the exterior surface of the edge guard can present a color coordinated appearance while being fully insulated so that underlying metal is not exposed.

Abstract: A magnetic weather strip for sealing a door within a frame comprises a pre-bent thin iron based resilient metal strip of L shape extending along the sides and top edge of the door and secured thereto. A wood strip is mounted upon the frame along the sides and top of the door and has a compressible resilient filler mounted along its length and interlocked therewith. An elongated magnetic strip is embedded within the filler opposed to the metal strip, with the filler in yieldable sealing engagement with the metal strip when the door is closed, and the metal strip attracted to the magnetic strip.

Abstract: A refrigerator door assembly comprising a plurality of insulated doors each mounted for pivotal swinging movement about a vertical axis. The insulated doors each comprise a plurality of glass panes disposed in side-by-side relation with a structural frame at least partially interposed and contained between the glass panes for maintaining the panes in parallel relation with the sealed air space therebetween and for supporting the door for swinging opening and closing movement, without the necessity for a separate outer load carrying support frame as conventionally required. Each door has a trim portion formed of a structural foam that has insulating qualities so as to eliminate the necessity for electrical heating of the door for condensation control, while at the same time enhancing the structural rigidity of the door assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for finishing cast or machined parts comprising a closed enclosure (10) containing at least one finishing unit (14, 16) adapted to be a unit of smoothing of rough edges, of brushing, of rubbing, of polishing or of grinding and a manipulator robot (13) of the hanging type comprising a moveable arm (24) for bringing the parts in contact with the finishing tools. Aspiration elements (30, 31) are associated with each finishing unit. The finishing units are equipped with a compensation apparatus of their wear.

Abstract: Arrangements of four-axis adjustable connecting rod grinding machines are disclosed having four separately driven and adjustable grinding wheels carried in opposed pairs on opposite sides of a moving work support to grind simultaneously the opposite sides of both ends of a connecting rod or the like with sequential feeding of plural workpieces. Adjustable means supporting the grinding wheel pairs provide flexibility for setting up to process connecting rods of differing lengths in sequential batches or runs.

Abstract: The process allows to treat parts by agitation in a rotary vat having no movable closure member. A machine using such process comprises a rotary vat (101) rotating about a horizontal axis, provided with an axially arranged inlet opening (112), a discharge orifice (115) situated at the periphery of the vat, and a helical baffle (122) for causing a longitudinal displacement of the parts in the treatment chamber (121) of the vat. The vat may be filled during its rotation. It is simply emptied by reversing the rotational direction. The machines of this kind are particularly appropriate for the clipping and the snagging of metal or synthetic castings or for the deburring, degreasing and drying of metal parts.

Abstract: A transferring and loading device for honeycomb structures including a movable hollow arm having a suction duct communicating with suction means, a perforated plate secured to an end of the movable hollow arm, and movable arm driving means for rotating said movable arm. The honeycomb structure clings thereto by sucking atmospheric air into the suction duct through passages of the honeycomb structure and the perforated plate and attracting the honeycomb structure to the perforated plate by means of the suction means having exhaust capacity larger than the suction of atmospheric air. In this manner, the device can rapidly handle the honeycomb structures without applying any undue force to the honeycomb structures and at the same time can remove the dust and ground chips produced in previous grinding process without using any dust collector.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of and apparatus for improving surface finishing and accuracy in a grinding operation employing a manipulator such as a robot which is coupled to a rotary grinding tool. The method comprises reducing the coupling effects between the tool motion whick is tangential to a workpiece surface and tool motion which is normal to the surface to obtain the optimum performance. The method involves adding compliance to the grinding tool in the tangential direction while maintaining higher stiffness in the normal direction. A robot is disclosed which is made in accordance with the method.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for grinding the surface of a semiconductor wafer by moving a holding table and a grinding wheel relative to each other in a predetermined direction substantially parallel to the surface of the semiconductor wafer held onto the holding table to cause the grinding wheel which is rotated to act on the surface of the semiconductor wafer held onto the holding table. The semiconductor wafer is placed on the holding table with its angular position being regulated so as to direct its crystal orientation in a predetermined direction with respect to the holding table, and thus the grinding direction of the surface of the semiconductor wafer by the grinding wheel is set in a predetermined relationship to the crystal orientation of the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: A blasting wheel apparatus for treating the interior surface of a hollow workpiece. There is a superstructure which can be moved into position in vertical registry with the open top of the workpiece. The superstructure has hoppers for storing shot pellets to be used in treating the interior surface and a shot feed tube extends downwardly from the hopper so that its open end may be passed through the open top of the cavity and into the interior of the workpiece. A stabilizer structure is movable along the axis of the shot feed tube to engage the top of the workpiece and position the open end of the shot tube within the central area of the cavity in the workpiece. Slides project upwardly from the stabilizer into the support structure. In one embodiment the shot tube has a lifting element at its lower end to engage under the stabilizer so that the stabilizer may be lifted with the superstructure.