Abstract: A water mattress construction is provided with a tray providing a cavity adapted to support a liquid filled bladder, with at least one lumbar support member positioned intermediate the bladder and the tray, the lumbar support being slidably adjustable along the longitudinal axis of the tray.

Abstract: A padding body that has flexible grid member with apertures formed in it. The apertures are defined by bordering sections of the grid member. The padding body includes individual modular elements with each modular element being resilient and each modular element having an intermediate section and an upper protuberance extending upwardly off from the intermediate section. The individual modular elements have a peripheral slit or recess formed in the intermediate section. Each of the individual modular elements are releasably fixed within a respective one of the apertures formed in the grid. One embodiment of the padding body includes a frame structure formed entirely of foam material. The frame structure includes foam blocks stacked two high. Apertures and the bordering sections of the grid member spaced about the periphery of the grid member are secured between the upper and lower stacked foam blocks so as to suspend the grid member.

Abstract: A height-adjustable bedskirt assembly includes a generally rectangular support sheet having fasteners for adjustably coupling together a longitudinal fold in the sheet surface, and an elongate skirt. The support sheet includes fasteners which extend along the perimeter margin and engage similar fasteners which extend along the upper margin of the skirt, to permit easy removability of the skirt while the support sheet remains in place beneath the mattress. The support sheet includes a plurality of rows of spaced fasteners for adjustably coupling together a pair of longitudinal folds in the sheet surface. The support sheet also includes elastic keepers adjacent the corners for securing the support sheet to an underlying box spring.

Abstract: An pillow with a height adjustment device comprising a driving mechanism consisted of an axle, two driving gears spaced on the axle, and a knob coupled to the axle at one end, and two rack assemblies meshed with either driving gear and disposed beneath the cover cushion of the pillow, each rack assembly being consisted of a first rack and a second rack, slidably mounted in and extend through two guide tubes horizontally meshed with the respective driving gear at different height, the guide tubes being adapted to curve upwards at the outer portion of which so as to guide and support the first and second racks curved upwards at the portions near the end of the racks attached to the cover cushion to lift the cover cushion as the axle is turned by the knob in one direction; the first and second racks of each rack assembly will thus be moved downwards to lower the cover cushion as the axle is turned by the knob in the reversed direction.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for supporting a traveling web of knit fabric. The apparatus includes an uneven number of intermediate support rollers for supporting the knit fabric web as it travels between a padding device and a take up roll. The knit web fabric passes through a pair of squeeze rollers following pad dyeing thereof at the padding device and travels in trained relation in serpentine manner about the intermediate support rollers between the pair of squeeze rollers and the take up roll. In addition to supporting the knit fabric web to prevent undesired stretching or elongation of the still damp web as it travels from the padding device, the apparatus insures that the knit fabric web is disposed on the take up roll in such a manner that the edges, to the extent they are susceptible to curling, tend to curl in a radially inward direction with respect to the take up roll, whereby succeeding lengths of the knit fabric web taken up on the take up roll compress and straighten the curling edges.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for inflating a bladder including a first and a second distinct chamber linked in fluid communication by an interconnecting port, and a fluid fill inlet linked in fluid communication with the first chamber. A first nozzle set at a first predetermined pressure level and connected to a first fluid pressure source is inserted in the fill inlet to thereby inflate the first and second chambers to the first predetermined pressure. The interconnecting port is sealed to isolate the first chamber from the second chamber out of fluid communication with each other such that the second chamber is isolated at the first predetermined pressure. The first nozzle is removed from the fluid fill inlet. A second nozzle set at a second predetermined pressure level and connected to a second pressure source is inserted into the fluid fill inlet to thereby inflate the first chamber to the second predetermined pressure.

Abstract: A hand-held power driven toothbrush carries a pair of exposed brush elements and self-contained driving means effective to directly drive one of said brush elements in oscillation, with linkage between the brush elements such that the second brush element is also oscillated, the two brush elements preferably being oscillated in opposite directions.

Abstract: A rotary scrubber includes an elongate housing having a rotary axle projecting therefrom, with the rotary axle mounting a brush member. A deflecting shield is positioned circumferentially relative to the brush member to deflect fluid therefrom, wherein the shield is arranged for deflection to accommodate various configuration of workpieces to be engaged by the rotary brush.

Abstract: A glass plate washing machine has transferring apparatus for transferring glass plates and a plurality of electric motors disposed above the transferring apparatus. The motors are disposed in rows across the transferring apparatus. The motors which belong to any one of the rows are staggered relative to the motors which belong to the next row. Each of the motors is provided with a buff grinder at the lower end of the output shaft thereof. The glass plate washing machine further has first positioning apparatus for positioning each of the motors in the vertical direction independently of the other motors and second positioning apparatus for positioning each of the motors around an axis parallel to the transferring direction of the transferring apparatus independently of the other motors.

Abstract: A brush for cleaning sink drain recesses comprises a truncated spheroidal base with side bristles extending radially from the convex side outer surface and bottom bristles extending perpendicularly from the planar bottom outer surface of the base. A handle extends perpendicularly from the top outer surface of the base with a grip portion at the top of the shaft portion of the handle. In operation, rotation of the handle about its longitudinal axis rotates the base and correspondingly rotates the side bristles and the bottom bristles against the adjacent surfaces of a sink drain recess, thereby abrading and scouring the adjacent surfaces to dislodge accumulated dirt, food substances and other particulate matter from the surfaces of the sink drain recess.

Abstract: The handle of the toothbrush is in the general form of an animal (e.g., a quadriped) having its body-supported when not in use in a generally horizontal position. The handle is manually encircled and grasped by the hand with the thumb extending under and around the lower part of the body and with the palm and fingers extending over and around the upper part of the body portion as in a fist. The brush head of the toothbrush extends from an end of the handle. When the brush is not in use, it is adapted to rest on a flat surface with the bristles spaced from such surface. The device is adapted to motivate children to acquire and maintain desirable lifelong habits of good dental hygiene, it is easy for children to use, and it has enhanced sanitary features not found in the common types of toothbrushes presently available in the marketplace.

Abstract: A scraper apparatus, having a principal elongated housing; a handle member attached to a first end of the housing; a blade extending from the second end of the housing; a rod within the housing upon which the blade is mounted; a pneumatic power source for powering reciprocating movement of the rod means to impart reciprocating movement of the scraping blade; and a spring interconnecting the power source and the reciprocating rod to provide the reciprocating motion of the rod when power is applied thereto. The apparatus further comprises a support member along the length of the housing to magnetically secure the housing to a surface so that the weight of the apparatus is supported by the support member.

Abstract: A rearview mirror wiper system for use on a truck, bus, passenger car or similar vehicles. The basic system can be supplied as original equipment on a vehicle or as a replacement for a wiperless original equipment rearview mirror. The wiper system fits in any number of aesthetically pleasing enclosures that are harmonious with the overall vehicle design. It is further characterized by a low profile vertically oriented armless wiper assembly that wipes from side to side, an electric power control that regularly reverses polarity, and an assembly of pulleys and a cable that imparts motion to a wiper blade. At each end of the wiper blade's range of travel is a switch that cuts off electric power until the power control changes polarity. If two rearview mirror wipers are installed on one vehicle, a common power control assures the left and right wiper motions are synchronized.

Abstract: A cleaning device for a row of textile machines has a duct extending along the textile machines, with a longitudinal slot which is covered by sealing lips on both sides and in which a boat-shaped nozzle of the cleaning device travelling on rollers engages. To avoid the need for rails for the cleaning device, the rollers are supported on the duct and the cleaning device is guided by the duct. The cleaning device is thus suspended from the duct. The duct is suspended via carriers from the ceiling. Flanged rollers that roll on the top of the duct are connected via vertical stays to the cleaning device which travels below the duct. The duct has the slot on its underside which is sealed by the sealing lips. The boat-shaped nozzle extends upwardly and engages the slot while spreading the sealing lips apart, the nozzle leading to a distributor box to which blast hoses are attached.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided which comprises a housing (100) provided with an electric motor (110) and with an electronic circuit (120) for controlling the electric motor (110), and a suction tube (200) coupled to the housing (100) and comprising a grip (210) with a remote control circuit (220) for controlling the electronic circuit (120), which control circuit (220), in order to provide ease of operation without any disturbances, comprises a capacitive sensor (CS) for detecting the presence of a part of a human body in the proximity of the grip (210), which detection enables the electronic circuit (120) to be controlled by the remote control circuit (220).

Abstract: A floor cleaning device, such as a wet/dry vacuum cleaner, is disclosed having a housing structure which reduces the amount of ambient noise generated thereby. The floor cleaning device includes a float stand which is preferably formed from a single piece of material, such as rotationally cast polyethylene. The float stand is adapted to be mounted on a canister or tank. A hollow lid is mounted on the float stand. The lid is also preferably formed from a single piece of material. A plurality of chambers of varying size are defined within the lid. A blower motor assembly is supported within the hollow lid. When the blower motor assembly is activated, air flows into the canister and through the various annular chambers before being discharged to the atmosphere. The varying sizes of the chambers provides a significant reduction in the amount of ambient noise generated by the floor cleaning device during use. The overall structure of the floor cleaning device is compact and easy to assemble.

Abstract: A horizontal canister vacuum having a cover removably attached to the open end of a canister having a motor/fan assembly affixed thereto and cooperating with an air outlet to evacuate air from the interior cavity. A plurality of wheels provided for solidly supporting the canister and attached cover in a horizontal orientation when placed upon a flat surface and wherein accumulated dust particles may be emptied from the vacuum cleaner by removing the cover from the canister when the vacuum cleaner is positioned in a vertical orientation. A clam-shell configuration is provided for packaging the motor/fan assembly to direct air flow through the assembly for cooling thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for performing work on a floor surface such as an electrically driven vacuum and polishing machine. The machine includes a chassis and a wand pivotally connected to the chassis by a pivot connection. A vacuum cleaner suction unit is mounted on the wand and the weight force of the suction unit acts outside of the center of gravity conjointly defined by the chassis and the floor working device mounted on the chassis. The floor working device acts on the floor surface with an uneven force distribution. A spring coacts with the pivot connection to shift at least a portion of the weight force of the suction unit to the center of gravity of both the chassis and the floor working device to provide a more even distribution of the force acting on the floor surface.

Abstract: A main member of soft plastic material and a second member of hard plastic material, chemically compatible and thermally bonded together. The second member is partially slitted having a ring element embedded in the main member, and segments distributed circumferentially around the ring. The segments can be swung radially to facilitate insertion into a hole, and they spring outwardly to grip the panel in which the grommet is mounted. In one form the second member is entirely slitted, and thereby made up of separate segments or fingers.

Abstract: A bottom fixture for overhead garage doors which can be selectively installed on the lower portion of either the right hand or left hand side of the garage door. The bottom fixture is an L-shaped bracket having a wide flat side and a narrow flat side at right angles to one another. A first pair of parallel laterally spaced ear members and a second pair of parallel laterally spaced ear members extend perpendicular to the same surface of the wide side and each pair is spaced a predetermined distance from the top and bottom ends of the bracket and each pair of laterally spaced ears has axially aligned apertures on a horizontal axis to receive the shaft of a roller device having a roller rotatably mounted at its outer end. A first and second sheave extend perpendicular to the same surface of the narrow side on a horizontal axis and are spaced from the top and bottom ends a predetermined distance and are configured to receive a cable.

Abstract: A handle assembly includes a main body portion and a gripping portion. The gripping portion formed on a sleeve which is adapted to be removably frictionally returned on the main body portion of the handle assembly. The gripping portion is molded to include the contour of a hand of a specific user and can readily be transferred among various tools which are adapted to receive the sleeve.

Abstract: A handle can be attached on a cooking pot, frying pan or the like frictionally and possibly also form-lockingly without a separate connecting element, wherein the fastened handle can be released from the rigid anchoring element on the cooking utensil. Through suitable openings in the handle attachment, a separating tool can be moved between two surfaces of the two fastening pieces which surfaces face one another and, with the help of the separating tool, a jerk-free release of the handle takes place. A conventional screwdriver can be used as the separating tool.

Abstract: An improvement in a configured hinge having a hinge cup for mounting on a surface provided with a hinge cup bore hole comprising a spacer having a pre-selected thickness and a periphery substantially conforming to the configuration of the hinge cup for mounting beneath the hinge cup flange near the bore hole to compensate for the less than standard depth of the bore hole.

Abstract: A nonwoven laying device has at least two reciprocating carriages accelerated at the reversal points of their moving path. The device has an upper carriage and a laying carriage, and at least two circulating conveyer belts guided by guide rollers of the carriages, namely a main conveyer belt and a guiding conveyer belt. An electronic control regulates the moving process of the belts. The laying of the nonwoven fabric is effected with a possible stretching of the web. The speed relationship between the speed V.sub.O of the upper carriage and the speed V.sub.L of the laying carriage is set differently in dependence of the positive or negative stretching.

Abstract: A clamp, especially a hose-clamp, wherein a band with overlapping end portions has a radial outer end portion having a first closure element and a slot. The slot extends in a circumferential direction along the clamp. The radial inner end portion has a projection and a second closure element, which when closing the clamp comes into a locking mechanism engagement with the first closure-element. The projection can be inserted into the slot and can be locked in this position. In order to avoid the danger of locking the projection at its insertion into the slot, and to assure that the end portions retain their required relative position when applying tension to the clamp, the projection is a circumferentially extending bar and the slot has a pair of flaps on opposite edges of the slot and protruding into the slot. The bar has notches which are provided for the radial passing of the flaps and the bar is shorter than the slot of the clamp in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A clip carrier for supporting a suspender clip comprising double ply flexible material having a pocket between the plies and an opening through one of the plies into the pocket. The opening has a first portion that is utilized to insert the suspender clip into the pocket, and a second portion that is utilized to removably secure the suspender clip within the pocket. The other ply of the flexible material conceals the suspender clip.

Abstract: A decorative slider for slide fasteners has a slider body having a through mounting hole extending therethrough. A decorative plate has a through hole formed therethrough and placed on the slider body with the through hole aligned with the mounting hole. A retaining pin extends loosely through the through hole and is fitted in the mounting hole so as to attach the decorative plate to the slider body for diversifying the appearance of sliders without changing the whole appearance of the slider.

Abstract: A device for holding and supporting a scarf or handkerchief in a pocket for ornamental display is disclosed. The scarf holder comprises a frame member which has a slot through which a scarf or handkerchief is passed. A flexible clip member is attached to the front of the frame member near the slot to bias the scarf against the frame member and hold the scarf in place. The frame member when inserted into the pocket of a jacket or blazer is completely covered. The scarf or handkerchief is adjusted to extend above the pocket for display.

Abstract: A releasable latching apparatus having a monitoring means for electrically indicating whether the latching apparatus is in the engaged or disengaged positions. The apparatus includes a main housing with a tab member selectively engageable therewith. A trigger member is pivotally mounted upon a trigger pin which in turn is pivotally mounted in the main housing. The trigger member is selectively engageable with the tab member for engaging or releasing thereof with respect to the main housing. An ejector member is movable between an engagement position and a released position responsive to whether the tab member is engaged to the trigger member. The ejector includes an ejector pin extending outwardly therefrom through an ejector pin opening defined in the main housing to selectively contact the switch lever of a switch which is affixedly secured to the exterior of the main housing.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for lacing and securing a shoe onto the foot using an elongated lace and the five spaced apart holes in the shoe's collar on each side of the shoe's tongue. A two part fastening clip includes a flat rectangular clip base having spaced apart eyelets and an elongated slot and a clip lever designed to mate in hinged relation with the clip base by insertion of an enlarged cylindrical edge portion of the clip lever into the elongated slot of the clip base and also having spaced apart eyelets. The shoe lace passes through the shoe's holes on opposite sides of the tongue, through the eyelets in the clip base, through the eyelets in the base, through the eyelets in the clip lever, and finally through the adjacent hole in the shoe collar. Then the two ends of the lace are securely tied together leaving sufficient slack to permit the foot to be inserted into the shoe.

Abstract: A casket is made by covering one side of a flat precursor blank of corrugated fiberboard with a liquid-impervious flexible liner and the other side with a pliable decorative cloth, shipping the thus-covered blank to a point of use, and then folding it up into a complete lined and covered casket. Appropriate foldable flaps are provided at the ends of the precursor, and framing strips are secured along the sides of the blank for support prior to folding-up of the casket precursor to form the casket. The end flaps are held in their folded-up positions by manually insertable fasteners, and the hinges for the lid of the casket are secured by hand-stapling to the tops of the framing members. The triangular folds formed in the liner at its corners when it is fold up are tucked between the end flaps as they are being folded. The entire casket body can be shipped as a flat blank, and easily assembled manually at a remote location by unskilled persons.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing spunlace material in which there is formed a fibrous web by air-laying a layer of fibres of staple length on a forming wire and air-laying a layer of short fibres on top of the layer of staple fibres. According to the invention, the fibrous web is passed to an entangling wire 18 on which there is arranged at least one elongated element 17 whose diameter is much greater than the diameter of the wires 16 in the entangling wire 18, whereafter the fibrous web is entangled. The invention also relates to an arrangement for carrying out the method, and to a spunlace material produced in accordance with the method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a narrow orthopedic casting tape which can be handled in longer lengths suitable for economical production of coated fabric products. The narrow casting tape of the present invention is knitted as a wide fiberglass fabric with at least one removable connecting yarn in the length (i.e., warp) direction of the fabric which acts to connect two narrower strips of fiberglass fabric. The removable connecting yarn is subsequently removed from the fabric by a heat treatment process which separates the wider fabric into two narrower fabrics and also heat sets the fabric. Alternatively, the removable connecting yarn may be removed from the fabric by a dissolution process. Narrow fabrics of the present invention can also be constructed of organic yarns.The present invention also provides a tearable orthopedic casting tape which has a high degree of extensibility.

Abstract: An automatic reeding apparatus and an automatic reeding method is disclosed which can handle yarns having various diameters required for any of reeds. Prior art problems are avoided by removably attaching a simple structural device to the frame of a reed of a loom. With the apparatus and the method as described herein, a reeding process can be carried out precisely and efficiently without damaging dents and without skipping over any the reed marks into which no yarn is threaded.

Abstract: An automated yarn conditioning apparatus is provided. This device allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conveyor. Yarn conditioning is achieved within an airtight chamber inside of a vessel. The yarn conditioning process used first evacuates the airtight chamber and then injects steam into the airtight chamber. Simultaneously with the conditioning of the yarn packages inside the airtight chamber, unconditioned yarn packages are brought to the conditioning station for placement inside the vessel when the prior conditioning step has been completed.

Abstract: A device for positioning a flexible constant velocity joint boot to a shaft. A sleeve comprises a cylindrical portion enveloping the outer constant velocity joint and a conical portion receiving the drive shaft. A flexible constant velocity joint boot for enclosing the open end of the constant velocity joint is attached inside one end of an elongate cylinder. A coarsely textured strip disposed around a raised lip defined around the exterior edge of the cylinder engages the collar region of the boot and the boot and cylinder are slid over the sleeve by a handle attached to the other end of the cylinder. The boot expands over the sleeve, and hence over the outer constant velocity joint, and engages the drive shaft on the other side of the outer constant velocity joint.

Abstract: A modular product assembly platform which includes a multiple number of industrial robots or other similar assembly devices which are removably mounted on a specially designed platform deck. The product assembly platform also includes a programmable controller system housed in a logic control cabinet, a vision control system housed in a vision control cabinet and a set of robot controllers which operate together to control the robots or assembly devices for performing product assembly tasks. The mechanical layout and configuration of the platform and the control equipment provide for convenience and flexibility in configuring and reconfiguring the assembly platform for different assembly procedures associated with different products.

Abstract: A method of securing a tubular metallic magnet retainer to a tubular metallic frame of a dynamoelectric machine, the tubular frame having an annular internal surface, the steps comprising, forming an annular end surface at an end of said tubular frame that is located at an angle to said annular internal surface of said frame, an intersection of said annular end surface and said internal annular surface of said frame forming an annular first ridge, inserting said magnet retainer into said tubular frame, bending an annular end portion of said magnet retainer into engagement with said annular surface on said frame to thereby form a second annular ridge on said magnet retainer that is aligned with said first annular ridge, moving a welding electrode that has an annular tapered surface into engagement with said second ridge, a shape of said tapered surface on said welding electrode being such that there is annular line contact between a portion of said tapered surface on said welding electrode and said second ridg

Abstract: A method for producing a molded plastic and copper flat rotary switch or commutator with parts of the segments lying in a cylindrical surface is disclosed. A cup-shaped unfinished piece is formed by modification of a flat material, having an outside annular flange and a number of axial grooves which are radially open on the inside as well as distributed uniformly around the periphery corresponding to the number of segments in the cylindrical part of the unfinished piece, on the outside of the cylindrical wall of the unfinished piece, a layer with a thickness which corresponds to the radial thickness of the material parts occluding the grooves radially on the outside is pushed, beginning at the flat part corresponding to the subsequent brush contact surface, toward the free end of the casing with formation of the annular flange and opening of the grooves.

Abstract: A whip antenna made of a material having high tensile strength, such as stainless steel, including a tapered antenna body and a rounded end, both formed as a single integral unit. The antenna is formed by beating a rod having high tensile strength towards its center and pulling the rod in one direction to form the rod into a tapered shape and forming a rounded top section at the tapered end.

Abstract: A distribution transformer (58) is assembled using a core (18) having a core surface (36) including an inner circumferential surface (40) defining an open eye region (38), an outer circumferential surface (42), and end surfaces (24, 26). Wedged-shaped core supports (20, 22), secured to the end surfaces of the core, are used to support the core during conductor winding operations and to mount the finished transformer within a transformer container (66). The core supports do not extend into the open eye region and allow virtually the entire inner circumferential surface to be covered by the electrical conductors (34, 56). The layers of electrical conductors are wound on top of one another so that each successive layer of electrical conductors conforms to the core surface and any previously wound conductors. Electrical insulation (54) is provided between each conductor layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a parts supply system applied to a versatile production line, which strives to eliminate manual labor and prevent misdelivery. The parts supply system includes at least one of the product assembling sites (3) on the production line, at least one of the parts supplying sites (4), at least one of the unit assembling sites (5), at which units are assembled from parts delivered from a warehouse and a plurality of sets are arranged with the units, and a delivery means for delivering the set automatically between each of the product assembling sites (3) and each of the parts supplying sites (4) by an automatic carrier (2) or conveyors.

Abstract: A mechanical tube expander for simultaneously expanding plural hairpin tubes into interlocked relationship with plural fins which includes a frame on which is provided a receiver to support the bent portions of the hairpin tubes in an assembly of fins loosely stacked on the straight leg portions of the hairpin tubes. A support structure is also provided on the frame for engaging and supporting a first endmost fin that is oriented immediately adjacent to but spaced from the receiver. A pressure plate carrying a plurality of expander rods is provided and each of the expander rods is aligned with the hairpin tubes. A stripper plate structure having plural guide openings therethrough is also provided. The expander rods extend through the guide openings. Structure is provided on the stripper plate for engaging a second endmost sheet of the assembly of fins at an end thereof which is remote from the receiver.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating and orienting conductors from a bundled array into a planar array includes a grooved template and several elements that cooperate together and with a laminate material to fixedly unite the conductors when disposed in the grooves.

Abstract: Substrate material is molded directly to semiconductor chips and other electrical components that are positioned for integrated circuit module fabrication. Chips having contact pads are placed face down on a layer of adhesive supported by a base. A mold form is positioned around the chips. Substrate molding material is added within the mold form, and the substrate molding material is then hardened. A dielectric layer having vias aligned with predetermined ones of the contact pads and having an electrical conductor extending through the vias is situated on the hardened substrate molding material and the faces of the chips. A thermal plug may be affixed to the backside of a chip before substrate molding material is added. A connector frame may be placed on the adhesive layer before substrate molding material is added. A dielectric layer may be placed over the backsides of the chips before the substrate molding material is added to enhance repairability.

Abstract: A method of forming a multilayered wiring board having a multilayered wiring structure includes the steps of forming a first mesh wiring layer having a plurality of holes therein, and forming a second wiring layer having a plurality of wirings undulating up and down so as to descend into the holes formed in the first wiring layer. In another method, the first wiring layer is formed with a plurality of protrusions and the wirings of the second wiring layer are formed between the protrusions. In the wiring boards formed according to the methods of the present invention, crosstalk between the wirings is suppressed.

Abstract: A method of making a connecting rod for attachment to a bearing journal by separation of parts of the connecting rod, including: (a) forging a powder metal sintered preform to provide a one-piece connecting rod having an annular wall defining a crank opening with a center axis and with stress risers for establishing a cracking plane that extends across said crank opening; (b) providing access for a compression coupling across the cracking plane; (c) while at ambient conditions, applying tension substantially uniformly across the cracking plane to propogate fracture from the stress risers along said cracking plane and thereby separate the connecting rod into a cap and body with cracked surfaces; and (d) remating the cap and body by applying a compression coupling through the access to draw said cap and body together under guidance and with metal yielding pressure to effect substantially an exact rematch of said cracked surfaces.

Abstract: A variable orifice device for passing fluent material under pressure includes a piece of resilient material bent out of its normal shape so that one surface is in tensile stressed condition and the other surface is in compressive stressed condition. A slit extends between the two surfaces. Because of the difference in the stressed conditions of the two surfaces, one end of the slit is open and the other end, at the compressively stressed surface, is in forced closed condition. The piece of resilient material is mounted in its bent, stressed condition in a frame which holds the material in the bent condition. The piece of resilient material may be cut from silicone rubber tubing such as is used for peristaltic pumps. The frame may be two annular members, one of which is a push fit in the other, with the other having an annular shoulder against which a disc of the resilient material is trapped and sealed by the one annular member.

Abstract: A honeycomb panel having a honeycomb core interposed between two face plates, and inserts which are exposed to an opening formed through the panel. A desired member is bonded to the panel through the inserts and the face plates which are bonded together. The inserts are disposed in selected honeycomb cells of the honeycomb core when the honeycomb core is assembled with the face plates, or the inserts are inserted into the selected honeycomb cells which are open to the opening or a preliminary hole formed before the opening is cut. Alternatively, the inserts are positioned relative to the face plates before the honeycomb core members are disposed relative to the inserts. The honeycomb panel may be produced by various methods disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of providing a fireproof and/or wear-resistant lining on objects made of metal, whereby pins are welded onto the object in question, after which anchoring means are screwed on said pins. Subsequently, the fireproof and/or wear-resistant lining material, in its plastic form, is applied to the object around the anchoring means and allowed to cure. The invention furthermore relates to an anchoring means intended for being used when applying the method according to the invention, the anchoring means having a polygonal base portion, whereby lips, which extend transversely to said base portion, join the edges of the base portion.