Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning surfaces includes a cleaning head defining an open-faced chamber for facing the surface to be cleaned and means for blowing air into the chamber. A rotary brush is positioned in the chamber for engaging and brushing the surface to be cleaned, and, preferably, the flowing air is directed in a stream that directly impinges the surface to be cleaned adjacent the brush. It is also preferred for the brush to be carried on an arm movable between a first position for engaging the surface to be cleaned and a second position where the brush is spaced from the surface to be cleaned. A control system is provided for power means for moving the brush and arm between the first and second positions, to cause the brush and arm to assume the first position when the motor is on to operate the brush, and to cause the brush and arm to assume the second position when the motor is off.

Abstract: An accessory crevice tool for a hand vacuum cleaner includes a stationary portion having an adapter fittable into an inlet opening in the dust bowl of the hand-held vacuum cleaner and a rotatable portion fitted thereon. Detents in the connection between the stationary portion and the rotatable portion of the crevice tool permit stable retention of the crevice tool in a desired rotational position. A spring clip can be positioned in the inlet opening for engagement with a surface of the adapter. A locking portion of the spring clip can extend into the inlet opening for engagement with an optional latching groove in the surface of the adapter. This engagement retains the crevice tool attached to the dust bowl against all but affirmative effort to disengage them.

Abstract: A motion regulator for a hinge such as, for example, a tripartite eyeglass hinge, with at least two hinge tabs and a hinge screw, a sleeve surrounding the hinge screw disposed in a hinge eye of the hinge tab. The sleeve projects beyond the hinge tab and rests against a neighboring hinge tab or tabs. In order to obtain an objective that a braking torque, determining the motion characteristics of the hinge, is substantially constant and independent of the tightening torque of the hinge screw, a spring-elastic element is arranged at least between the hinge tab wherein the sleeve is located and the hinge tab movable with respect to this hinge tab. The spring-elastic element, resilient in the axial direction with respect to the hinge screw axis, is in contact under a pretensioning with a contact surface of at least one hinge tab, which surface is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the hinge screw axis.

Abstract: A hinge pin of segmented form with its components in threaded connection with one another. The components of the pin include tool receiving surfaces engageable by a wrenching tool for applying torque during assembly and disassembly of the pin. The components are provided with male and female threads.

Abstract: An improved automatic door closure is provided for a door which has a door post mounted by two or more members attached to a door jamb. The door closure comprises a roller which is mounted on the door jam, a cam which is mounted on the door post so that it will rotate with the door post but is capable of limited movement relative to the post in an axial direction, and a spring for urging the cam against the roller as the door is swung between open and closed positions. The cam is contoured so as to cause it and the roller to coact with spring arranged to cause the door to return from open to closed position without any operator applied force. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the door closure apparatus comprises a compression spring for urging the door to close, and an adjustable mechanism for varying the force exerted by that spring.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for mechanized separation of the heart and liver from slaughtered poultry. The apparatus is located alongside an existing overhead conveyor and includes a secondary conveyor which engages a portion of the gut extending from the eviscerated bird to a viscera package including the gall, the liver, and the heart and lungs. A pair of guide fingers define a channel for receiving the connective tissue attaching the heart to the liver, and a first rotary knife positioned alongside that channel severs the connective tissue. A second rotary knife severs the liver from the gall without cutting the gall or releasing the bile within. A pair of helical rollers separates the mutually connected heart and lungs.

Abstract: Poultry thighs are disjointed by the relative movement of members which contact the breast side of the thigh joint area and members which contact the back side of the thigh joint area. The members are arranged in pairs so that two members on the back side of the bird are moved simultaneously toward a corresponding pair of members on the breast side of the bird. One pair of members is fixed to a rotating support, and the other pair of members is mounted on a cam-actuated arm which is pivotally mounted on the rotating support. A plurality of corresponding pairs of members is provided around the circumference of the apparatus.

Abstract: A process for gaining meat from the bodies of slaughtered poultry and an apparatus for performing this process are described. Importance is attached to the processing in the region of the clavicle in preparation for the same, and the problem to be solved is to ensure that even in the case of a broken clavicle, fragments thereof do not remain in the breast meat. This problem is solved by introducing a block into the V-bifurcation of the clavicle, said block having a wedge-shaped configuration in plan view and its flanks being provided with groove-like recesses, in which can be flushly engaged the branches of the clavicle, so that they disappear in these recesses. By means of peeling knives guided over the flanks of the block, the clavicle can be peeled free at its outer contour without a risk of any broken fragments being grasped and removed.

Abstract: In the cleaning and dressing of fish, surface slime is removed and scales are loosened by submerging fish in a treatment bath of an aqueous solution of common apple cider vinegar, preferably in a concentration of approximately one percent (1%), for a treatment period of five to fifteen minutes, the fish slime being substantially removed and the fish scales being sufficiently loosened for removal by minimal mechanical action, leaving the fish skin and flesh intact and undamaged.

Abstract: The invention comprises subjecting shellfish (2) to infrared radiation (4,6) for a time preferably between 30 seconds and 3 minutes and involves three phases during which the shellfish (2) are exposed to radiation firstly from above, then over the entire shell surface and finally from below.The installation comprises an endless conveyor (12) equipped with upper emitters (16) placed above the conveying part (14) and lower emitters (18) positioned laterally.The invention is used in an industrial installation for washing, sand removal, preparation and conditioning of shellfish.

Abstract: A stop motion apparatus for a drafting device for roving in a textile machine includes a stop member into roving stopping engagement with the intake feed rollers of the drafting device by operation of an actuating rod. The actuating rod includes a notch having an undercut surface for engagement by a plunger element. Preferably, the undercut surface is transversely arcuate and the plunger element includes a plastic sleeve element compatibly configured with the actuating rod notch. the plunger element is selectively insertable into, and retractable from, the notch of the operating rod by an electromagentic assembly operatively connected to a yarn break monitor. The stop motion apparatus includes a shaft having a forked end for manually clearing the plunger element from the actuating rod notch.

Abstract: The flock delivery system employs a microcomputer with a storage cell for each marker and a storage cell for each stretch of path (containing one or more bale groups) between the markers. The control system is conditional selectively to "permit" or "inhibit" extraction of flocks from bales in each block individually. Various flock bending combinations can be obtained from time-to-time by programming of the control system.

Abstract: A carding machine has a main carding cylinder, an electromotor drivingly connected to the carding cylinder and a control device, including a memory, for controlling the rpm of the carding cyliner. The main carding cylinder has a starting phase during which the main carding cylinder is accelerated to a working rpm and a stopping phase during which the main carding cylinder is decelerated from a working rpm to standstill. The method of operating the carding machine includes the steps of storing in the memory material-specific sets of rpm values for the starting phase and sets of rpm values for the stopping phase; and controlling the rpm of the main carding cylinder in the starting and stopping phases by the control device in accordance with respective rpm values stored in the memory.

Abstract: A top-comb driving mechanism applied to a conventional combing machine, wherein cycles of forward amd rearward reciprocal swinging displacing motions of a nipper body of each combing head are carried out, is provided with a motion transmission mechanism each one round rotation of a driving shaft in synchronism with a combing cylinder to each top-comb holding arms in a condition such that the reciprocal upward and downward swinging motion of a top-comb holding arm is created so that the above-mentioned forward end rearward reciprocal swinging displacing motion of the nipper body is combined with the above-mentioned reciprocal upward and downward swinging motion of the top-comb holding arms of each combing head, whereby each top-comb is reciprocally displaced along a locus of a forward displacement thereof which is a gentle convex curve directed slightly downward, and displaced along a locus of a rearward displacement thereof which is a gentle concave curve directed slightly upward, between a front terminal poi

Abstract: A holder for keys or other orificed elements comprising a helical loop of a thin rigid but resilient element having overlapping end portions, said end portions being flattened to present faces abutting each other with at least one curved segment not in the plane of the loop nesting with the curved segment of the other end portion. When the sides of the loop adjacent the end portions are pressed inwardly towards each other, the curved segments are caused to unnest by camming action, thereby separating the tips of each end portion from contact with the other end portion so that a key or other orificed element may be threaded between the end portions and onto or off of the loop. Upon release of the pressure on the sides of the loop, the end portions return to their nesting position and any key or other orificed element may then be moved freely around the loop.

Abstract: An elongate plastic bag clamp or cable tie defined by a main strap portion, said strap having a plurality of teeth at a tip end thereof and a low profile strap engaging and locking head integrally formed at the other end thereof. The teeth are evenly spaced and oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the strap. Further, the teeth are contoured, having a greater height along the center region thereof, to facilitate camming and locking engagement with the head. The head includes a pair of sidewalls extending from the strap and a plurality of semi-flexible retention bars rigidly affixed to, and spanning between, the sidewalls. Each retention bar is deformable in its center region under the camming influence of the strap teeth thereby to permit the passage and locking thereof.

Abstract: A hose clamp includes a clamp body having an annular ring part for fastening a hose and a pair of grip parts for filling the role of radially expanding the ring part, and a separately formed holder. The holder is inserted around the pair of grip parts and is capable of retaining the pair of grip parts in a closely adjacent state. The holder is provided integrally with means for removal of the holder from the pair of grip parts retained in the closely adjacent state.

Abstract: The closing and locking lever for ski boots is manufactured from shaped metal covered along the whole sides and the edges by a protecting material, such as rubber or plastic material.

Abstract: The invention pertains to an improved overcenter buckle for tensioning straps used for securing cargo during transport wherein the buckle includes a handle pivotally mounted upon a U-shaped body, and the tension strap is threaded through the handle wherein pivoting thereof between open and closed positions tensions the strap. The improved construction comprises a lock plate slidably mounted on the body displaceable between handle lock and release positions and the lock plate is sufficient spaced from the handle to allow handle clearance during release.

Abstract: A method for modifying fabrics to produce varied effects comprises projecting a stream of particles towards the fabric surface. The particles are projected under controlled conditions such that they contact the surface with a force effective to modify the fabric and change the feel, appearance or material constitution of the fabric. Among the effects obtained are softening, worn or laundered appearance, design, pattern, picture, printing, textured or sculptured effects. The apparatus comprises a supply of a length of fabric and means for moving the fabric along a horizontal path. Located on the path is a support backing such as a flat plate, and means for slidably pressing the fabric against the support backing. Opposite to the support backing and facing the fabric surface is a treatment station which includes means for propelling a stream of particles towards the fabric surface.

Abstract: A casket construction includes a metal container for a body having a bottom and side walls of metal material which is susceptible to corrosion. A non-corrosive liner pan is located in the bottom of the container to shield the bottom and the side walls from corrosion. The liner pan is a unitary member including a base and integral side walls which interlock with the side walls of the metal container to hold the liner pan in place so as to locate the base in close juxtaposed relationship with the bottom of the metal container.

Abstract: An apparatus for compressing a material is disclosed which is particularly useful for forming compressed tampons. The apparatus includes a housing having a first member spaced away from the housing and a second member movable on the housing. Both the first and second members contain die surfaces. A moveable finger is associated with the second member. The moveable finger has a first surface which is biased against the first member and a second surface which cooperates with the die surfaces of the first and second members to form a mold cavity therebetween. The second member is movable so as to cause the mold cavity to vary in volume. Material inserted into the mold cavity can be compressed as the first and second members move towards each other. The compressed product can then be released as the first and second members are moved apart.

Abstract: Apparatus for stripping the insulation from an end portion of an insulated electrical wire (W), withdrawing an electrical terminal (ET) from a carrier tape (T) therefor and crimping the terminal (ET) to the stripped end portion of the wire (W), comprises a rotary conveyor (18) for advancing the tape (T) step by step to align it with a fixed wire gripper (10), a prefeed mechanism (20) for partially detaching the terminal (ET) from the tape (T), an insulation severing and stripping unit (12), and a pair of terminal gripping and terminal crimping heads (14 and 16). The insulation severing and wire stripping unit (12) is retracted to strip an end portion of the insulated wire (W) upon the end of the wire (W) interrupting a laser beam (L).

Abstract: An intelligent multiprobe tip comprising a mounting member comprised essentially of piezoelectric material wherein, through appropriately locating metalized areas, the characteristics of the piezoelectric material are employed to insulate selected regions from each other while providing an appropriate force-induced output signal responsive to the contact of an attached tip with a movable work piece.

Abstract: An end fitting for a serpentine heat exchanger couples an inlet or outlet port to a pair of flat tubes comprising the heat exchanger core. The fitting comprises three laminated plates and a nipple coupled to an opening in the outermost of the plates. The inner plate is a header plate with the slots for receiving the flat tubing. A spacer plate interconnects the outer and inner plates and has an aperture shaped to couple the port to the slots for defining a fluid flow path. The plates are stamped from aluminum sheet stock clad with a brazing alloy. The plates are assembled and secured by a steel rivet and the nipple is attached. The parts are joined by brazing. The fitting can be brazed to the exchanger core at the same time.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve and a method for adjusting its fuel quantity are proposed. The fuel injection valve is used to inject fuel into the intake system of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having externally supplied ignition. It has a valve needle, which when a magnetic coil is excited is attracted toward a core by an armature connected to the valve needle, whereupon the valve needle with a sealing seat formed on it, lifts away from a valve seat face embodied on a nozzle body. According to the invention, the nozzle body is closed off by a bottom embodied in the form of a small plate, which is part of the nozzle body and in which a plurality of calibrated injection ports are located. The closure of the valve needle is embodied by a tang, which extends as far as the immediate vicinity of the bottom. The injection ports are produced by erosion thereof, while their calibration for the sake of static fuel quantity adaptation is performed by hydraulic grinding with a flowable grinding medium.

Abstract: A valve spring compressing tool including a pair of gripping leg members operatively connected to straddle a valve spring, on opposed sides. The leg members each include a gripping means disposed on a lower portion thereof for gripping an undersurface of a coil spring, and a compression member for compressing the coil spring on opposite sides thereof at points above the grippping means. The compression member is operatively interconnected to an elongated post extending to an upper portion of the tool such that rotation of the post in opposite directions will cause the compression member to move toward and away from the gripping means to compress the coil spring or allow the coil spring to expand. The elongated post includes a plurality of flattened surfaces on an upper portion thereof adapted to receive a removable handle having an internal bore adapted to be securely and removably connected through a radially extending upper portion of the elongated post.

Abstract: A bushing installation tool including a cylindrical housing adapted to be mounted on said bushing, a cap mounted on one end of the housing, a number of slots in the other end of the housing, a quick release strap assembly mounted on the other end of the housing for securing the housing to the bushing, a limited torque type ratchet wrench mounted on the cap for rotating the bushing into a bushing well, and a hexagonal nut mounted on the cap for rotating the housing in the other direction to remove the bushing from the well.

Abstract: A punching machine having a workpiece guidance system and a numeric control therefor, has one or more tool holders mounted upon the transverse rail of the guidance system, and a tool mounting assembly for receiving the punch and the die from the tool holder and securing them into position for punching of sheet metal and like workpieces. The workpiece guidance system effects the motion of the tool holder forwardly to bring the tools into the tool mounting positions, and the tools are then clamped in position. The guidance system is then moved rearwardly with the empty tool holder to a position where the punching operation can be conducted. Generally, the work table and the workpiece are moved forwardly with the workpiece guidance system during the tool changing operation, and a channel is provided in the lower portion of the frame and its worktable to permit movement of the tool holder and the die below the plane of the upper surface of the worktable.

Abstract: A machine tool consisting of a stand for a spindle case which travels along the horizontal Z-axis and the vertical Y-axis, with at least one horizontal working spindle and a non-deformable bed with guides for workpiece bench traveling horizontally along the X-axis. To allow simultaneous milling and lathe work on several workpieces, the machine tool comprises a complete milling unit, and next to it on the machine bed, a complete lathe unit. To the side of the workpiece bench of the milling unit, an independent, rotation driven device is placed within the guides of the bed for clamping horizontally aligned workpieces, and next to it a turret head upon which turning tools are secured.

Abstract: A method for predeterminately sizing a core using a pair of generally opposed die means operable for compressing only an outer circumferential section of the core defined generally axially between a pair of opposite end faces of the core at least generally adjacent an outer circumferential surface thereof, respectively. A pair of sizing means are operable for disposition in confronting and predetermined radially spaced apart relation with the outer circumferential surface and a plurality of tooth tip rows defining an inner circumferential surface of the core between the opposite end faces thereof, and the outer circumferential surface and the tooth tip rows of the core are displaced generally radially inwardly thereof into sizing engagement with the sizing means thereby to effect the predetermined sizing of the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the core in response to the compressing of only the outer circumferential section of the core by the opposed die means, respectively.

Abstract: A process of automatic sequential production of potentiometers, and potentiometers obtained thereby. The potentiometers are generally low profile rotary-type potentiometers. The potentiometers are formed with a low profile cylindrical casing into which is inserted a laminate electrical resistance element of an incomplete annular shape, the ends of which remain connected to terminals. The casing engages a slider, which is in permanent mechanical and electrical contact with the resistance element and a collector terminal. The slider is assembled on a slider-holder rotatably attached through an aperture formed axially through the body and which is operable from the external surface of the casing. The process consists of automatically assembling the potentiometers in an in-line process. The metallic components are formed on a continuous metallic band by die-cutting the band to produce such components.

Abstract: A method of connecting a wire segment, such as a stator coil lead, to a terminal having a tang and severing the wire segment at the terminal including the steps of gripping the wire segment by gripper jaws of an industrial robot, manipulating the gripper jaws to lay the wire segment between one side of the tang and the adjacent face of the terminal, loop the wire segment around an edge of the tang, extend it past the tang, bend it over an edge of the terminal, and pull it with sufficient force that it stretches and breaks at a corner of the terminal edge. The wire segment is initially gripped with a sufficiently low pressure that it can slide along the gripper jaws as it is being manipulated to connect the wire to the terminal. The gripping pressure is increased prior to the pulling step so that sufficient pressure is applied that the free end of the wire segment is held clamped and will not be drawn through the gripper jaws when the wire segment is being stretched and severed.

Abstract: Slow-wave structures are formed by the method of this invention in the form of a coupled-cavity structure. The coupled-cavity form of waveguide slow-wave structures is formed by wire electric discharge machining of disks from a solid rod of copper. The disks are supported in their desired positions by retained portions of the rod while the disks are brazed inside a cylindrical shell of copper. After brazing, the retained portions may be partially removed to form the completed slow-wave structure.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing magnetic head sliders comprising the steps of cutting a material block, which may be of sintered ferrite or ceramic material, to form a core block and slider block. A groove is formed in the core block, which is bonded to the slider block using techniques to provide a magnetic gap. Thereafter the core block is machined to form a plurality of head cores, followed by machining the slider block to form in parallel a number of sliders, which are lapped and then sliced into individual magnetic head sliders. To prevent particles of material from the magnetic head sliders from separating from the sliders and causing deleterious effects, such as head crashes, a heat treating process is employed in which the slider block and core block are treated for from 3 to 20 hours at a temperature of from 100.degree. C. to 150.degree. C., at an ambient air pressure of from 1.5 to 5 kg/cm.sup.2 and at a relative humidity of not less than 60%.

Abstract: Conductive polymer PTC compositions have improved properties, especially at voltage of 200 volts or more, if they are very highly cross-linked by means of irradiation, for example to a dosage of at least 50 Mrads, preferably at least 80 Mrads, e.g. 120 to 600 Mrads. The cross-linked compositions are particularly useful in circuit protection devices and layered heaters.

Abstract: An electronic parts automatic mounting apparatus wherein a plurality of removing nozzles are disposed on a removing head portion, and a tipped electronic part held on the suitable removing nozzle is recognized by a recognizing means to correct a deviation in position thereof, whereby mounting accuracy of the part on a print substrate is enhanced and the recognition of the tipped electronic part held by the removing nozzle by the recognizing means can be positively carried out.

Abstract: Conductive polymer PTC compositions have improved properties, especially at voltages of 200 volts or more, if they are very highly cross-linked by means of irradiation, for example to a dosage of at least 50 Mrads, preferably at least 80 Mrads, e.g. 120 to 600 Mrads. The cross-linked compositions are particularly useful in circuit protection device and layered heaters.

Abstract: An electric wire harness assembly apparatus having a wiring board on which computer controlled lighted termination modules are mounted. The wiring surface includes wiring guides for indicating the configuration of the harness. The module is removable and is wired directly to the computerized control. An array of lights are mounted on each module to indicate to the assembler which assembly point in the harness connector is to receive the wire termination. In response to the assembly of a harness wire, a central control automatically scans the harness wires to test the harness.

Abstract: An apparatus according to the present invention disassembles bearing caps from a cylinder block and assembles upper metals to the cylinder block and lower metals to the bearing caps. The apparatus is provided with a movable base which is reciprocally moved between a position above a lower metal assembling station and a position above a conveyor lines. A bearing cap disassembling mechanism and upper metal holding mechanism are commonly attached to the movable base. The bearing cap disassembling mechanism disassembles the bearing caps tentatively assembled to the cylinder block and the upper metal holding mechanism holds and assembles a plurality of upper metals to the cylinder block.

Abstract: Apparatus for mounting and removing screws of an extrusion machine comprising two screws (10a, 10b) driven in rotation and guided at each of their ends by a bearing (1, 2). The screw-bearing assembly is placed on a work table (20) provided with adjustable devices (25, 26, 28) for supporting the screws, removing the bearings (1, 2) are removed and the sections (12) are successively extracted by means of suitable tooling and a section-hoisting device with respect to each screw separately. By means of a double section-hoisting device, a new section (12) is then simultaneously mounted on each splined shaft (11a, 11b) and the operation is repeated for each pair of new sections, placing back in position the bearing (1, 2) corresponding to each end of the shafts (11a, 11b) and lastly remounting the screw-bearing assembly in the extrusion machine.

Abstract: A method of mounting electronic components, comprising steps of: sucking an electronic component by a suction nozzle provided at the tip of a mounting head; holding the sucked electronic component in position by a centering device having an opening and closing mechanism and provided separately from the mounting head, and while holding the component applying adhesive to a side of the electronic component, the side being opposite to that sucked onto the suction nozzle; and mounting the electronic component to a designated position on a printed circuit board. The nozzles on the head are of different sizes.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for making a wire-receiving barrel terminal having a barrel with a desired inner diameter comprising the steps of: selecting a metal stock having the desired properties; stamping a terminal blank 12 having a forward portion 14 adapted to be formed into at least one contact section, an intermediate portion 16 extending rearwardly from said forward portion 14 and a rearward portion 18 adapted to be formed into first and second barrel sections 20, 32. The second barrel section 32 of said rearward portion is joined integrally with and extends rearwardly from said intermediate portion 16 and the first barrel section 20 is joined integrally with and extends from the second barrel section 32. The first and second barrel sections 20, 32 are generally rectangular and each has at least one lateral edge, and a lateral dimension equal to the circumference of a circle of desired wire receiving barrel inner diameter.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for repairing turbine blades wherein the repair requires the input of considerable thermal energy during a welding or brazing operation for example. The method involves the step of pre-distorting the blade prior to the welding or brazing operation so that the distortion that is expected to occur during welding or brazing leaves the blade after repair in its proper position. A clamp means may be provided to prevent parts of an individual blade from being predistorted so as to localize the predistortion in the required area. A tool for predistorting the blade ensures that a physical force may be applied to a local area of the blade.

Abstract: An improved method for making insert sleeves for tube fittings or quick couplings comprising forming V-shaped cut-aways in the gripping edge and inner surface of the insert sleeve then forming slots or kerfs in the sleeve, each slot or kerf being centered on and having a slightly narrower circumferential width than the cut-aways such that a chamfered corner is provided where the gripping edge or inner surface meets the slot.

Abstract: A synthetic press roll for use in paper machines includes a cylindrical mantle to which a surface layer is applied, the surface layer comprising a mixture of a first powder of metallic material and a second powder of an inorganic material. The metallic material of the first powder includes copper, bronze, stainless steel, nickel, chromium and/or a titanium alloy. The inorganic material of the second powder comprises quartz, feldspar, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, ZrO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, TiC, SiC, MgO, Si.sub.3 N.sub.4, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, WC, NbC, VC, Cr.sub.7 C.sub.3, or other corresponding ceramic material, or mixtures of the same. The surface layer may be produced by thermal spraying, casting, by winding a sintered or rolled band of the mixture around the mantle, or by forming a flexible mat pre-coating in which the desired mixture is bound by a binder, such as PTFE, and by fixing the precoating to the roll mantle by melting it by means of induction or laser heating.

Abstract: A wire stripper of simple, rugged and dependable construction for efficiently stripping insulation from conductive wires. The wire stripper includes pivotally related components gripped in one hand of a person using the device with one of the components including a blade and the other component being movable toward the blade for engagement with an insulated wire positioned between the blade and the component movable toward and away from the blade. The interconnection between the components includes a hinge structure to space the components from each other to receive an insulated conductive wire or wires therebetween and including a transverse pivot axis formed by a yoke structure which spaces the two components from each other and enables the components to rock or pivot in relation to each other. In one embodiment of the invention, a depth control assembly is provided for the insulation slitting blade.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting unit for cutting hair, for example, as used in a shaver, comprising a first and a second cutting member, each having teeth and at least one cutting member that can be driven so as to perform a reciprocating movement with respect to the other cutting member, the second cutting member being present between the first cutting member and a locking member. The first cutting member and the locking member are connected together by means of spacers.

Abstract: The drywall die-cutting tool is comprised of a female plate having a center opening outlining a given size and shape with four corner holes to receive the legs of the extracting mechanism, and a male plate, being the cut-out of the female plate. The male plate has attached to the back face a convenient number of spring prongs to provide temporary fixation to an outlet box supported an a wall stud, said male plate also has, perpendicular at the center of the front face, a rectangular sharp pointy biade able to penetrate through a drywall board or any covering material when placed and pressed against it.

Abstract: A method of drawing a pattern for custom-tailored skirts in terms of taking into account a person's bodily dimensions, including measures around the waistline, around the largest part of the abdomen, another part of the abdomen thereabove, around the lower and lowermost hip, around the upper hip, various lateral distances between selected of the foregoing measures, the selected length of the skirt, and deviations from a standard body figure in terms of lateral deviations of portions of the wearer's body from a straight vertical line making contact with a laterally most protruding part of the wearer's body.