Abstract: The present invention provides a steam system for repairing bent carpet fibres and includes a steam generator and an application tool having a head with a downwardly opening oven-like steam chamber fed by the steam generator to apply steam to the bent carpet fibres at a pressure and temperature to cause fibre relaxation. The head of the application tool further includes a fibre lifter for lifting the fibres to an upstanding position after they have been relaxed by the steam.

Abstract: A clamp for fastening a carpet onto a floor, comprising two members spaced from each other in a vertical plane and including one claw directed upwards for one member and downwards for the other member to allow the insertion and catching of two sides of a carpet onto the clamp before the clamp is clipped onto a flange-like edge.

Abstract: A toilet seat handle device for attachment to a toilet seat as an aid to raising and lowering the toilet seat without having to actually touch the toilet seat. The handle is attached at one of its ends to the toilet seat and projects outwardly beyond the periphery thereof.

Abstract: A self-closing invisible hinge for returning a door to its closed position rom its open position including a self-closing structure in which the closing force can be selectively adjusted externally at the hinge and in which the self-closing structure is compact.

Abstract: Process for stunning animals to be slaughtered by means of an interrupted electrical stunning current surge of low frequency by introducing between stunning and sticking of the animal an intermittent current surge the frequency of which is many times higher e.g. thousand times higher the frequency of the stunning current.

Abstract: Food products, such as fish fillets, chicken fillets, and many others, are cut to predetermined portion sizes of equal weight and volume, or to predetermined profile shapes, by moving the food products on a conveyor, scanning them as they move through a shadow line with a camera capable of providing a programmed computer with dimensional data, and utilizing the computer to control the operation of a plurality of high pressure water jet cutters to cut the food products to reduced sizes as dictated by the computer program.

Abstract: A fish scaling apparatus and process is disclosed wherein a vertical stand 11 supports a pair of elongated, concentrically spaced, perforated drums 20,22 (FIGS. 1-7). An access door 23 is provided along the length of the outer drum 20 to permit loading and unloading of a quantity of fish in the space d between the two drums. Drums 20,22 are provided, respectively, with a plurality of dimpled perforations 25,26 through the sidewall thereof with each perforation having rough edges facing toward the space between the drums (FIG. 3a). A perforate water pipe 13 serves as an axle about which the drums 20,22 rotate and an electric motor 40, in conjunction with a selection of pulleys, (FIGS. 1-2), chain and sprocket wheels (FIG. 5), and/or gears (FIG. 10), supply the rotative force for the drums. Drums 20,22 are designed to rotate together (FIGS. 1-7), separately (FIGS. 8-9), or in opposite directions (FIG. 10).

Abstract: Full sliver cans are positioned in readiness for replacing cans being emptied with an end of the sliver exposed from the full can. A movable carriage is positioned at a full can and a gripper on the carriage extending vertically downward is rotated around the can to grasp the exposed end with suction. Any excess length of sliver is severed. The gripper is then raised to lift the sliver end and the gripper is pivoted in its raised position above a feed table onto which the gripper releases the sliver end for feeding on the table to the draw frame with the other slivers thereon. The full can whose sliver end is on the feed table is then pushed from the ready position into the sliver feed position and in doing so pushes the empty can out of sliver feed position to complete the replacement.

Abstract: A back support structure for mounting a tack and for a securement to a front button shell of a decorative tack button, has a structure including a plastic support member integrally molded to include an annular body having an open central recess, a bottom wall formed below the recess, and a through-aperture opening into said recess. Said body also has an interior wall extending inwardly from said bottom wall and an apertured tack retainer member is inserted into said recess and supported on said bottom wall. Said interior wall has a portion of the plastic of the support member deformed radially inwardly against said retainer member to clamp said retainer member against said bottom wall.

Abstract: The gas- and liquid-tight fastener includes a zipper an a sealing slide fastener. The zipper and the sealing slide fastener are arranged side-by-side in a plane which is perpendicular to the plane of the material wall to be sealed. The material wall is connected to the support tapes of the zipper, which have thickenings on their free ends, on which the teeth or spirals of the zipper are mounted. For actuating the zipper and the sealing slide fastener there is provided a slider made in one piece, which when being actuated closes the zipper, thereby also simultaneously forcibly closing the sealing slide fastener.

Abstract: An intermeshable article useful for a multitude of purposes such as fastening, closing, coupling and connecting, to name but a few. The article includes a member which has at least one major surface which is a structured surface. The structured surface is made up of a plurality of elements. Each element has at least one side inclined relative to the plane of the member at an angle sufficient to form a taper. Thus, each element may mesh with at least one corresponding element when brought into contact therewith and adhere thereto at least partially because of the frictional force of adherence of the contacting sides. The corresponding element may be the article itself, another similar article or a dissimilar article, such as for example a container having a correspondingly shaped structured surface. In the preferred embodiment, the elements are arranged side by side to form a plurality of linear ridges and grooves whereby the sides of adjacent elements form the sides of each groove.

Abstract: Equipment for the calendering of tubular knitted fabric (13) which, in the end step of a processing cycle, allows, by means of a cloth expander device (16), a steaming cxhamber (18) and a flattening, the width of the tubular fabric to be determined and fixed, besides giving the tubular fabric a commercially acceptable appearance. A plurality of calenders (19, 20, 26, 27) are disposed in series for being selectively used in engagement with the tubular knitted fabric (13) to effect a finishing treatment suitable for the individual type of tubular knitted fabric (13) which is undergoing treatment.

Abstract: A back-up roll in a rolling mill is provided with multiple cylindrical rollers fit circumferentially between a roll shaft of the back-up roll and an outer casing thereof, and a tapered roller bearing is provided between the roll shaft and outer casing and juxtaposed to said cylindrical rollers and which receives a thrust load acting on the cylindrical rollers. The tapered roller bearing is composed of an inner ring set to the outside of the roll shaft, an outer ring fixed to the inside of the outer casing and in contact with ends of the cylindrical rollers, and multiple tapered rollers fit between the inner and outer rings.

Abstract: A grain chill roller is manufactured by electroplating a layer of copper onto the surface of the roller. The layer of copper is than abrasively blasted with glass beads to produce surface features of a substantially uniform depth, and then the surface is abrasively blasted with small particles of silicon dioxide to modify the pattern of features formed by the previous blasting operation. The resulting surface is bright nickel electroplated to level the down pattern of the surface without eliminating the down pattern. The roller is used in the manufacture of resin coated photographic paper, for example.

Abstract: A dynamic pressure type bearing comprising an outer cylindrical member made of metal and a thin walled inner cylindrical member made of synthetic resin and joined to the inner periphery of the outer cylindrical member. The inner periphery of the inner cylindrical member is formed with a plurality of grooves for generating dynamic pressure. The thin walled inner cylindrical member is joined to the inner periphery of the outer cylindrical member during the moulding time by a joining means.

Abstract: Dies for extruding honeycomb structures are disclosed, which comprise wear resistant alloy plates, a die base body having a coefficient of thermal expansion different from that of the wear resistant alloy plates, forming channels having a sectional shape conforming to that of honeycomb structural bodies to be extruded and a given depth from a front face of the die toward a rear face thereof, and a plurality of opening holes independently formed from the die near face toward the die front face and communicating with the forming channels. The die base body and the wear resistant alloy plates are bonded together such that the forming channels may communicate with the opening holes. A method for producing such dies is also disclosed, which is characterized in that slits are preliminarily formed in one of machined faces of the die base before the wear resistive alloy plates are bonded to the die base portion, and are located at a predetermined width in an arrangement conforming to the forming channels.

Abstract: A device for detaching an injection needle from a syringe comprising: a plate-like member, a first opening provided in the plate-like member for inserting an injection needle attached to a syringe, a first needle-detaching means for detaching a slip type needle, said first means comprising a second opening extending laterally from said first opening, and a sliding portion provided on each of both sides of said second opening, each sliding portion having a wedge-like shape, and a second needle-detaching means for a screw type needle, said second means comprising a third opening extending laterally from said first opening, said third opening having a portion having such a size that the hub of said needle is capable of being inserted thereinto, said portion being provided with a projection for preventing the hub of said needle from turning when the syringe is turned.

Abstract: There is disclosed an easily releasable fastener which is specifically designed for high torque applications. The fastener comprises a slotted nut having at least two axial slots, and preferably no more than one of the slots extends completely through the body of the fastener. The slots divide the fastener into at least two segments which, in the preferred embodiment are retained together by the residual portions of the incomplete slots. Each of the segments has a flat surface for torque transmission and the assembly of segments is surrounded by a thin retainer band seated in an annular groove about the body of the fastener. The fastener is mounted within a retaining ring which has internal flats that coact with the flatted surfaces of the individual segments. The retaining ring has external wrenching flats to permit the application of the fastener to a standard bolt.

Abstract: For assembling display boards of varying, predetermined sizes, and of the type comprising two sign element holders (1, 2) determining the height of the display board, one or more back elements (3, 4) determining the width of the display board and arranged to be rigidly connected to flat outer surfaces (5) of the sign element holders (1, 2), and sign elements which are inserted into corresponding grooves in the sign element holders, said holders having substantially L or J shaped cross section with a shank (8) and a foot portion (9), the invention proposes a fixture comprising a flat plate (14) which is somewhat larger than the largest predetermined size of the display boards and which has a plurality of parallel grooves (19 to 26) to receive the foot portions (99) of the sign element holders (1, 2) without friction or play, the grooves (19 to 26) being arranged in a coordinate system with a first groove (19) located on the y-axis and the remaining grooves (20 to 26) being arranged with predetermined distances

Abstract: An apparatus and method for mounting articles of clothing to a printing pallet for use with a screen printing machine which comprises a sleeve having a channeled portion to slidably receive the pallet, a support structure adapted to releasably support said sleeve in a position which facilitates the mounting of each article of clothing to the outer surface of the sleeve and the transfer of the article from the sleeve to the pallet.

Abstract: An underlift attachment for tow trucks is attached to a tow truck by initially cutting a vertical slot in the tailboard of the tow truck's housing. A pocket member is welded in the slot flush with the tailboard, and a pivotable boom arm is mounted to pivot between a storage position journaled within the pocket, and a working position extending generally horizontally rearwardly from the tow truck. The tow truck's tow cable is extended from the tow truck's boom through the pulley hook and connected to the boom arm to raise and lower it between its storage and working positions. The boom arm of the attachment includes an extensible telescoping arm journaled within a boom arm housing, and is provided with a pivotal cross bar. The extensible arm is connected to a hydraulic cylinder which will extend or retract the telescoping arm and the cross bar. Attachment brackets are slidably mounted on the ends of cross bar and serve to hold the axle of a vehicle, or the like, for towing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing one or more parts, each of which is provided with an opening, to a hollow member. In the starting state, the inner diameter of the opening of the parts is greater than the outer diameter of the surface provided on the hollow member for securing the part. The parts are placed in the prescribed position on the hollow member prior to the securing operation. In order in a simple and economical manner to reliably secure the parts to the hollow member without the danger of overstressing the latter, and without the danger that the parts will loosen, a temperature difference is produced, prior to placing the parts on the hollow member, by heating the parts and/or by cooling the hollow member. Subsequently, each part is secured to the hollow member by widening the latter at least in the securing regions thereof, and by a subsequent shrink fitting of the parts onto the hollow member as a consequence of the temperature equalization that occurs.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing thermoplastic frames for fenestration in which extruded frame members are cut to length, heated to a selected temperature uniformly throughout their cross section to soften the material and while heated, profiling selected portions of the cut members, driving a fastening clip with a hole therein into one of the cut members, and drilling holes in portions of the cut members in locations for coaxial alignment in assembly of the cut members, a hole in the fastening means plate coaxial with one of the drilled holes, and placing the members in selected angular assembled relation and inserting and threading a securement member into the aligned holes of the cut members and the fastening plate for retaining the frame members in assembled angular relation.

Abstract: An appliance, such as a refrigerator or water heater construction, typically includes a first wall in surrounding spaced apart relationship to a second wall. An insulating and sealing device of insulation material, such as fiberglass or foamed material partially enclosed in an open-topped envelope of plastic or foil material is circumferentially located in the space between the first wall and outer wall at a preselected location within the space. The insulating and sealing device which is of a radial thickness greater than the radial width of the space is radially compressed between the first wall surface and second wall surface. An expanded foam thermal insulation material fills the space to one side of the insulating and sealing device.

Abstract: Plural associated components to be assembled to an article are set on a common set jig to have a predetermined positional relationship to each other and are wired to each other as desired. A robot arm having a plurality of assembly jigs grasps the plurality of components keeping them in the predetermined positional relationship and moves them and assembles them to the article.

Abstract: A die body is provided defining a longitudinal channel therethrough including the cross-sectional shape of a metal stud to be cut and an opening is formed through the die body extending normal to the web of the channel and including a first arm portion extending along one longitudinal margin of the channel and a second arm portion extending from the first arm portion to a point spaced slightly inward of the other longitudinal margin of the channel, the first arm portion of the opening including opposite side portions thereof disposed inward and outward of the one longitudinal margin of the channel.

Abstract: A tool changer including male and female flanges for respectively connecting end effectors to robot arms and the like. A male flange assembly having a tapered projection is inserted into a tapered female flange member having a rod aligned along the diameter of the tapered opening. A rotatably mounted locking stud is aligned within an opening in the male tapered projection and is machined to provide a slot having locking grooves as its lower end. The stud is rotated through a 35 degree angle causing the male and female flanges to be drawn together until the cooperating tapers are seated together. A spring retains the flanges in the locked position. A cooperating pin and pin receiving socket respectively provided on the male and female flanges at locations displaced from the male and female tapers are utilized to assure the proper orientation between flanges and to prevent rotation of the flanges.

Abstract: A method of producing a magnetic head with use of a mounting jig which comprises a head projection amount setting member having a flat portion adapted to contact an upper surface of a vacuum generating member formed with a vacuum generating recess and having a recessed portion recessed from the flat portion by a predetermined depth corresponding to a projection amount of a magnetic head to be projected from a substantially central through-hole of the vacuum generating member; a presser member mounted on a side of the flat portion of the head projection amount setting member and provided with presser pawls for holding the vacuum generating member and pressing the same against the flat portion of the head projection amount setting member; an inclination adjusting member for adjusting parallelism of the magnetic head; and a height adjusting member connected to the presser member and the head projection amount setting member for adjusting a vertical position of the head projection amount setting member with respe

Abstract: The invention is directed to a formed metal blocking, for mounting within wedge-shaped gaps between coils of a toroidal transformer, including butterfly-shaped top and bottom core blockings. The blockings are formed from identical stampings, each stamping having a pair of U-shaped coil-engaging faces joined along their inner legs by a center web. The stampings are joined back to back and have a number of flanges which are bent over for securing the stampings to one another. The stampings have an apertured tab at the end of the center web used to form a lifting eye for the top blocking. With the bottom blocking, the tabs are folded over for mounting to a base plate. The outer legs of the U-shaped faces are longer than the inner legs and center web to create a gap in the electric path surrounding the core.

Abstract: An electrical switch construction and method of making the same are provided, the switch construction having a support carrying a pair of spaced apart first and second fixed contacts and a movable switch blade unit carrying a contact unit for being disposed in contact with the first fixed contact and out of contact with the second fixed contact when the switch blade unit is in a first position thereof and for being disposed in contact with the second fixed contact and out of contact with the first fixed contact when the switch blade unit is in a second position thereof.

Abstract: Die attach pickup tools for relocating a flexible die attach. The pickup tools comprise a head portion connected to an end portion. The head portions have a face for contacting a die attach and at least one hole in the face. Passage means extend from the hole(s) through the tool for connection to a vacuum source.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly line in which a vehicle body is conveyed by a hanger from station to station is provided between a first working area and a second working area with a vehicle body reversing system for reversing the orientation of the vehicle body with respect to the hanger, in which the vehicle body is conveyed by the hanger, from a first direction to a second direction. The first working area consists of stations in which are performed operations which can be done without interference from the hanger so long as the vehicle body is oriented in the first direction and the second working area consists of stations in which are performed operations which can be done without interference from the hanger so long as the vehicle body is oriented in the second direction.

Abstract: An electrostatic or thermal printhead and method of fabrication is provided in which dielectric material is disposed in a row of spaced depressions or in a single recess along the upper surface of an edge of a dielectric-coated conductive sheet. Electrodes are disposed along the edge of the sheet over the dielectric material and terminate at associated conductive pads or printhead circuitry on the sheet. In one embodiment, the edge is trimmed and left bare to form an inexpensive electrostatic printhead. In an alternate embodiment, resistive material is disposed over the edge to connect the electrodes to the conductive sheet to form an inexpensive thermal printhead.

Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board in which multiple layers of a composite material, fabricated by the lay-up of an aramid fiber tape, are employed to provide a circuit board with a desired coefficient of thermal expansion. Tape lay-up of aramid fibers provides a composite layer having a lower thermal coefficient of expansion than a composite layer fabricated from woven aramid fibers. Degradation in the tensile modulus of elasticity caused by the over and under characteristics of woven fabrics is also eliminated by tape lay-up, thus providing a circuit board with better mechanical strength. In addition, tape lay-up reduces the amount of resin required to fabricate the circuit board and eliminates the need for twisting the aramid fibers into yarns and then weaving the yarns, thus reducing the cost of the circuit board.

Abstract: There is disclosed a dual purpose separator-release plate (30) for the use in the lamination and drilling of printed circuit boards, comprising a substrate sheet of aluminum foil (32), covered on both sides with release material (34), the plates being placed in engagement with the foil surfaces (6) and (8) of a PC board prior to curing the epoxy layer (4), after curing, retaining the separator-release plates in engagement with the PC board, and which plates serve as drill entry and drill backup material.

Abstract: In a package comprising a chip mounting base and a cap to be fitted on the base, the base comprises a metal substrate, an electrically insulating ceramic layer formed on the metal substrate, a patterned metal layer formed on the ceramic layer in a selected area thereof, a first mixed layer formed in an area near the interface between the metal substrate and the ceramic layer, and a second mixed layer formed in an area near the interface between the ceramic layer and the metal layer, and the cap comprises a metal substrate, an electrically insulating ceramic layer formed in at least the marginal portion of the side of the metal substrate which faces the base, and a mixed layer that is formed in an area near the interface between the metal substrate and the ceramic layer.

Abstract: An automatic SMD equipping unit utilizes a rotatable and displaceable multiple equipping head (1) with plural suction pipettes (2) and a device carrier (7) that contains processing stations (8). The multiple equipping head (1) executes a collecting event via delivery units (4) whereby it picks up components. The equipping of the printed circuit board (5) from the equipping head occurs in a second procedure, whereby the multiple equipping head (1) need not move back and forth between delivery unit (4) and printed circuit board (5) after every placement of a component (3) onto the printed circuit board (5). The components that were picked up by the suction pipettes (2) are processed by processing stations (8) after the collecting and before the equipping. Here, the components are centered, contacted, measured and tested.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of manufacturing bundles of electrical cables. The bundles include a plurality of main conductors and a plurality of secondary conductors. The main and secondary conductors both include a conductor core and an insulating sheath. The ends of the main conductors include box-like connection elements which are either male plugs or female sockets. The method includes the steps of: stripping an intermediate portion of the main conductors; stripping the ends of the secondary conductor; positioning the stripped portions of the main and secondary conductors tightly against one another; mounting a thimble on the two stripped portions; and mounting a band of cold-deformable insulating material on the thimble. The apparatus includes devices which perform each of these functions.

Abstract: The present invention is a shaving article such as a shaving cartridge which includes at least one blade and a blade support having a skin-engaging portion adjacent to a shaving edge of the blade. The skin-engaging portion is provided with a hydrogel comprising a water soluble polymer bound so as to prevent dissolution whereby the coefficient of friction of the skin-engaging portion is reduced in the presence of water.

Abstract: A tubular upstanding wall of a predetermined height and defining a central aperture has an integrally formed, inwardly facing flange on its upper end, and an integrally formed, outwardly facing flange on its lower end. The inwardly facing flange has a sharpened cutting edge thereby forming a razor blade. One or more razor blades are positioned through apertures in a top member and the outwardly facing flange cooperates with the lower face of the top member to control the vertical position of each razor blade.

Abstract: A chisel for rotationally disengaging a threaded bolt, nut or screw, has at one end thereof a cutting edge for cutting into and penetrating a surface of the bolt. The chisel further includes a first chisel face terminating at the cutting edge of the chisel, and a stop face positioned away from the cutting edge with the first chisel face disposed between the stop face and the cutting edge. The stop face is at an angle of about 90 degrees or less with respect to the first chisel face. The cutting edge has a width that is about equal to or greater than the distance between the stop face and the cutting edge. The stop face prevents further penetration of the cutting edge into the bolt beyond the stop face so as to provide for application of rotational force to the bolt by the chisel without further penetration of the cutting edge into the bolt.

Abstract: Windage locking apparatus for an archery bow sight. The apparatus includes aperture, barrel, and body members concentrically positioned within each other about an axis and common locking structure to selectively lock these member together to prevent relative movement among them about and along the axis. The common structure includes a single set screw extending outwardly of the axis through the barrel and body members and a locking knob to fit on the portion of the set screw protruding outwardly of the body member. In operation and with the set screw securely holding the aperture and barrel members together, the locking knob can be tightened on the protruding portion of the set screw to draw the barrel member into frictional contact with the surrounding body member to lock the aperture, barrel, and body members securely in place for shooting. Additionally, the present invention provides structure to keep the locking knob from being separated from the set screw and possibly becoming lost.

Abstract: In a device for use as a remote reflector in an electronic distance measuring instrument, a prism is mounted in the center of a two sided target, with both the prism and target being rotatable 360.degree., as a unit, about an elevational axis to provide bi-directional plunging. A yoke assembly allows this 360.degree. rotation. A second rotational joint on the yoke provides azimuth orientation of the prism and target assembly. Elevational alignment indicators, on the rotatable connection between the yoke and target allow rough alignment, while collimator sights mounted on the target provide more precise alignment.

Abstract: An earth boring tool control system for monitoring the spatial orientation of a remote boring tool (10) and adjusting the path thereof to maintain a predetermined course (22), is comprised of a vertical position detector (26) for determining the elevation of the tool relative to a desired course, including a sensor head member (32) in operative engagement with the tool for establishing a pressure head of fluid characteristic of the vertical disposition of the tool, a pressure sensor member (50) for sensing a differential pressure in response to variations in the height of the pressure head, and a fluid circuit (40, 44) communicating between the sensor head member and the pressure sensor member for transmitting any pressure variations to the sensor member; a horizontal position detector (28) for determining the azimuth of the tool relative to the course, including Hall generators (80, 82) in operative engagement with the tool for developing normalized output signals (90, 92) proportional to deviations in an am

Abstract: A golf club measuring device has clamping means for retaining a head of a golf club in a fixed reference position and measuring means for measuring the loft and/or lie of the club. The clamping means comprise a first jaw for clamping a striking face of the club head against a first reference surface and a second jaw for clamping a sole of the club head against a second reference surface. The device is conveniently designed to be able to measure the loft and/or lie of both right- and left-handed golf clubs.

Abstract: A device for quickly and accurately determining the depth of cuts in a key, and for other depth determinations associated therewith. This device has a fixed anvil member having a flat top surface, as a reference surface, with a transverse slot to accept a second edge of doubly-cut key. A tip member having a selected configuration is biased toward this reference or "zero position" surface. Deviation of the tip member away from this reference surface is displayed in a visual manner on a dial indicator, a digital readout indicator or the like. The dimensioning of all the cuts of a key can be performed in seconds to accuracies of about 0.0005 inch. The cuts to be dimensioned can be in edges of the key or in flat side surfaces. Also, the pins of a lock tumbler can also be dimensioned with the embodiments of the invention.

Abstract: A drop-weight material level indicator in which a spool is mounted above material whose level is to be sensed and is coupled to a motor for selectively unwinding and winding a drop line wound on the spool. The drop line is trained over an idler pulley carried at the end of a pivot arm, and over a second idler pulley to a drop weight. Level sensing electronics are coupled to the second idler pulley for measuring the amount of cable unwound as the drop weight descends toward the upper surface of the material. A magnet is carried on the pivot arm, and a reed switch is positioned adjacent thereto for sensing removal of tension from the drop line and consequent pivotal motion of the arm, and thereby indicating rupture of the drop line to an operator.

Abstract: An anatomical measuring device for the convenient, quick, and accurate, measuring of the respective circumferences of portions of one's body is provided by attaching a measuring tape, so the zero dimension of the tape is at the zero dimension of an elongated planar finger held handle on the inside planar surface of the handle, then looping the tape about the circumference of a selected portion of one's body guiding the free end of the tape from the outside planar surface down through a transverse slot in the planar handle, guiding the free end of the tape from the inside planar surface back up through another transverse slot spaced from the first transverse slot in the planar handle, thereafter pulling the tape until the tape snugly fits around the selected portion of one's body, and remains frictionally positioned about the elongated planar finger held handle and then reading the circumferential dimension being sought, at the location where the measuring tape bears against the zero dimension of the elongated

Abstract: A device for treating a material web comprising a heating roller with at least one flow channel extending through the heating roller in its longitudinal direction, feed and return pipes for a heat carrier fluid flowing through the heating roller, a heating device for the heat carrier, and a counter roller, which is in contact with the heating roller; an additional heating device heats the heating roller from the outside; and a control unit connected to both heating devices heats or cools the heating roller as a function of predetermined operating conditions.

Abstract: An improved preheater for a clothes dryer delivers hot exhausted air from a dryer through a loop of tubing within a box-like housing for heat exchange with ambient air drawn through the housing. Valving is provided for selectively drawing ambient air to the housing either from conditioned space near the dryer, or from solar-heated attic space. The hottest run of the tubing loop is located downstream in the ambient air flow. In one form the box has a flanged open front for attachment over an air inlet grate located in the rear of a dryer. In another form, the box is separated from the dryer and an adapter is used to carry the preheated air to an air inlet of a dryer.