Abstract: A bathing fixture is disclosed which includes a seat assembly having a horizontal support portion and an upright backrest portion joined thereto. The seat assembly further includes a downturned lip that overlies the front wall of the bathtub and a stabilizing bar that extends into and is supported by a receptacle in the back wall of the bathtub. Two elongate plungers are mounted to the bottom surface of the horizontal support portion and a pad is mounted on one end of both plungers. The elongate plungers permit selective movement of the pad so as to laterally engage the inner surface of the front wall of the bathtub and to firmly secure the seat assembly to the bathtub.

Abstract: A washing-up sink includes first, second, third, and fourth side plates which are arranged in a substantially rectangular structure, and a first bottom plate mounted to a lower edge of the rectangular structure thereby defining a first compartment therebetween. The first side plate has an extension, and this extension and the fourth side plate have a second bottom plate mounted therebetween lower edges thereof. The second bottom plate has a length less than that of the extension and a width less than that of the fourth side plate. The second bottom plate has an inclined washplate projecting from outer edge thereof and extending upward and outward between the extension of the first side plate and the fourth side plate thereby defining a second compartment therebetween.

Abstract: A specimen collection device including a sheet of flexible material and two generally parallel slits formed near opposite edges of the sheet. This sheet is preferably rectangular and is of sufficient dimensions such that the slits may receive a conventional toilet seat to suspend a central portion of the device under the seat within a toilet bowl. The central portion is adapted to receive a fecal specimen and the device and specimen may be easily disposed of.

Abstract: An invalid hoist comprising a chassis having a main support member on which a mast is supported and two side members extending forwardly of the main support member. The side members are swivellable by a power operated device between a first position in which they extend from the main support member in parallel or substantially parallel spaced relationship, and a second position in which they diverge as they extend forwardly from the main support member. The power operated device comprises an electrically powered actuator and a linkage arrangement which ensures that the side members are swivelled in opposite angular directions at equal angular rates of displacement by the actuator.

Abstract: The pressure relief support system contains longitudinal air cylinders having wood slats extending across the air cylinders along the length of the air cylinders forming the shape of a mattress. Foam strips may be included on each of these slats to provide an improved pressure relief mattress system for optimal patient comfort.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a novel adjustable multi-compartment inflatable form support. More particularly, this invention pertains to a novel multi-compartment pneumatic or hydraulic support form which has multiple chambers, each of which can be inflated or hydraulically filled to different pressures to provide different shapes and degrees of support. An adjustable multi-compartment inflatable or hydraulically filled support form comprising: (a) at least one first hollow chamber which can be individually inflated or hydraulically filled through a specific resealable valve; (b) at least one second hollow chamber which can be individually inflated or filled through a specific resealable valve; and (c) at least one third hollow chamber which can be individually inflated or filled through a specific resealable valve.

Abstract: The patient examination table for medical examinations comprises a support structure, a patient rest plane, first movement means to rotate the patient rest plane in two directions about a horizontal axis, potentially covering an angular range of not less than 180 degrees, and a second movement means to translate the patient rest surface vertically in both directions. (FIG. 1).

Abstract: An adjustable mattress, adapted to support a substantial portion, including the breasts, abdomen, hips, thighs and knees of the body of a pregnant female user in a prone position, comprising a generally horizontal upper mattress portion with a first cavity adapted to accommodate the enlarged abdomen of the user and a second, adjustable in size, cavity adapted to accommodate the breasts of the user, and a lower mattress portion adapted to support the thighs and knees of the user, the lower mattress portion having a supporting surface sloping downwardly from the upper mattress position adjacent the hip supporting area towards the knee supporting area of the lower mattress portion, the downwardly sloped lower mattress portion adapted to support the thighs in a downwardly inclined orientation and to facilitate the getting on or off the mattress by the user.

Abstract: A top cover locking system and a method for a boiling clothes washing machine includes a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the system. A heater boils the washing water along with clothes to be washed. A top cover locking system is provided with a switch for detecting the opening/closing of the top cover. The detected signal is applied to the microcomputer, and a solenoid valve locks or releases the top cover according to the control signal from the microcomputer during the boiling wash and dehydrating modes, thereby preventing accidents and promoting thermal efficiency.

Abstract: A turbine driven underwater pool cleaner is disclosed having a housing to which is attached a hose providing a source of suction. The suction functions to draw debris into and through the housing via an opening at the bottom surface of the housing. A rotatable turbine is provided in the flow path of the fluid being drawn through the housing. A pair of wheels are provided which are mounted both for rotation and translation with respect to the housing. A pair of shafts extend from and are driven by the turbine. A radial projection is provided at the end of each shaft. During each revolution of the shaft, the radial projection provides both a rotational and a translation force on the wheel for driving the cleaner in a sure manner about the pool surface. Two alternate approaches are disclosed for steering the cleaner. In one approach, the drive to one of the wheels is selectively disengaged. In another embodiment, the device is steered by placing a torque on the suction hose.

Abstract: A toothbrush is provided having two housing sections (1, 2) which are pivotable relative to one another, of which a first housing section (1) serves as a handle and accommodates a drive unit (4) for driving a drive shaft (5), and of which a second housing section (2) carries a brush-head (3), which is drivable by the drive shaft, which second housing section (2) is pivotable relative to the drive shaft (5) about a pivot (6).

Abstract: A free form hair care brush is provided, which consists of a handle with a collar formed on one side of the handle and a shaft extending from the collar. A bristle attachment is rotatively positioned onto the shaft. A retainer cap is mounted onto a distal end of the shaft opposite from the collar, to keep the bristle attachment on the shaft. A rotating action of the bristle attachment will glide through hair rather than pull the hair, thereby making hair styling easier and reduce hair damage.

Abstract: To scrub adjacent parallel grout lines on a tile floor simultaneously, a long handle is attached to a base which is wider than the space between adjacent grout lines. Two or more long narrow scrubbing elements are adjustably mounted on the base with the long sides parallel to one another. They are spaced apart to correspond to the spacing between tiles and locked in position. When they are moved back and forth in a scrubbing motion, they tend to remain in the depressed grout lines so they are self-guiding. All the scrubbing effort is directed to the grout lines which tend to accumulate dirt more than the elevated, impervious tile surface. The scrubbing elements may be bristle brushes, foam or fibrous scrubbing material. An electric motor driven embodiment is shown with rotary brushes adjustably mounted on a rotary shaft.

Abstract: A personal cleansing implement comprises a tubular piece of diamond-mesh scrim, which is stretched to expand the diamond mesh, gathered to form circumferential pleats, heat set in an expanded and pleated condition, and folded into a stack of layers to form a resilient batt. A softer layer of hydrophobic knitted material lies against the top surface of the batt with its outer edge wrapped around the perimeter of the batt and against the bottom surface of the batt. The softer knitted layer is connected to the batt by a connecting means at the outer edge to form a dual textured cleansing implement made of hydrophobic materials and having high open area to enhance rinsing and drying. Thread stitching or thermobonding are the preferred connecting means. A tether loop is connected to the implement for hanging it from a support during drying. The softer knitted layer preferably has at least one aperture therethrough.

Abstract: A toothbrush with a replaceable head includes a tubular casing including an axial bore defining a longitudinal axis. A support member having first and second ends extends longitudinally into the axial bore of the tubular casing for movement along the longitudinal axis therein between a closed position and an open position. A limiting member is supported by the tubular casing for limiting the relative longitudinal movement of the support member within the tubular casing. A brush head is removably secured to the second end of the support member for connection and disconnection thereof when the support member is in the open position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a paint roller capable of applying paint to inner corners, edges, and along or adjacent straight lines while still being appropriate for large area surface painting. The roller has an angled end face which spaces the end away from adjacent surfaces, while the contact surface of the roller applying paint can reach up to the inner corner. The construction includes an axle having a straight portion and an angled portion attached to one end by a fixed offset link. The straight portion carries a cylindrical roller body, while the angled portion carries a frusto-conical roller body of a size to extend the substantially linear contact surface of the cylindrical roller. The cylindrical roller has an open end partially containing the frusto-conical roller. Both roller bodies are encased by a tubular covering having pile fibres for carrying paint. The covering is elastic at least in the direction parallel to the straight portion of the axle.

Abstract: A windshield wiper assembly (18) includes a drive motor (20) linked to a pair of pivot shafts (30), each having a pivot axis (34). Mounted on each pivot shaft (30) is an adjustment connector (38). Each adjustment connector (38) includes a main cylindrical portion (42) concentric with pivot shaft (30), which includes a series of teeth (46), and an arcuate key portion (48) protruding from main cylindrical portion (42) opposite teeth (46). A wiper arm assembly (56), having a wiper arm head (62), installs onto adjustment connector (38). Wiper arm head (62) includes a main cylindrical recess (64) with a series of serrations (66) on its surface, at least one more than there are teeth (46), and a key arcuate recess (68) protruding from main recess (64).

Abstract: A windshield wiper blade comprises a composite supporting bracket frame pivotally connected with a driven wiper arm and including a plurality of frame components, at least some of the components being provided with holding claws, and elongated wiper strip composed of an elastic material and guided in the holding claws, the wiper strip having a strip back which is engaged by the holding claws and has end portions extending outwardly beyond the claws and a longitudinal opening, the wiper strip having a longitudinal wiper lip adapted to abut against a windshield to be wiped and an elastic reinforcing rail received in the longitudinal opening of the strip back and having a length substantially corresponding to a length of the wiper strip, the longitudinal opening of the strip back being formed as a circularly closed throughgoing passage with a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the reinforcing rail, the reinforcing rail having at least one longitudinal side provided with two expansions which are

Abstract: A dust pan assembly has a handle receiving bracket formed or attached at the rear of a dust pan scoop, pivotally receiving an elongated hollow handle. The handle can pivot between and lock at least at two angular positions of the handle and scoop, e.g., in line or perpendicular, via a projecting movable locking pin that engages between the handle and the bracket, in a selected aperture of the bracket. A manual actuator mechanism disengages the lock to allow pivoting of the handle, and has an actuator button projecting through the wall of the handle at an accessible position on the handle out of interference with the dust pan scoop. The locking pin and the actuator button can be simple lateral projections on a V-shaped spring in the handle, the actuator button preferably projecting longer than the locking pin to ensure disengagement and to positively position the locking pin relative to the bracket apertures.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a bristle bed of a conveyor type trained between the rotatable end units employs a carriage which is moveable relative to the conveyor member transversely of its advancement direction and includes a cleaner head which is engagable with individual slats indexed to a cleaning location in line with the head to accomplish cleaning by moving the head laterally of each slat to effect removal of debris contained within the bed.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a receptacle and a cover, for closing the receptacle, having a radially open chute. A drive motor is connected within the cover. A suction fan, producing a suction air stream that is guided via the suction socket into the receptacle and removed from the receptacle, is attached within the cover. An angular suction socket is positioned within the chute. The angular suction socket has a first leg for receiving a suction hose that extends radially with respect to a longitudinal central axis of the vacuum cleaner and a second leg that extends substantially vertically into the receptacle at a distance from the longitudinal central axis. The second leg is connected within the chute in the vicinity of the longitudinal central axis so as to be vertically and horizontally tiltable. Preferably, the vacuum cleaner comprises a ball-and-socket joint for tiltably connecting the second leg of the suction socket within the chute.

Abstract: A caster for baggage is provided which includes a lower fixing plate fixed firmly to an upper fixing plate to contain a ball, a shaft, a bearing and a ring therebetween. The ball is pivotally supported on the shaft, and the shaft is supported by the bearing. The bearing has a plurality of small balls disposed on an upper surface, and a ring fits on the small balls and also fits in an annular groove formed in a bottom surface of the upper fixing plate. This arrangement enables the bearing and the ball to rotate horizontally relative to the upper and lower fixing plates. The caster can move smoothly on the ground after it is fixed to a bottom surface of a piece of baggage.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet and an access door with a front and sides. A door handle includes an elongated base portion extending along one side of the door and an elongated grasping portion overlapping and spaced forward of the door front. A first recess is formed on the door side of the distal edge of the grasping portion of the handle and a second recess is formed on the door side of the handle and spaced from the first recess. An elongated liner of soft feel, wear resistant material is received in the recesses and extends across the grasping portion.

Abstract: A furniture hinge has a door fastening member coupled via a joint mechanism to a carcase fastening member which is constructed as a support arm movably securable to a mounting member secured to the furniture carcase. Means are provided which allow the door fastening member to be vertically adjustable with respect to the carcase fastening member, even while the door fastening member is secured thereto.

Abstract: A furniture hinge (10) for hanging a door (12) on a cabinet carcase, whose door-related member (18) is configured as a hinge cup which can be set into a mortise (16) in the inside of the door (12), the hinge cup being composed of the actual cup part (20) lying within the mortise and a mounting flange (22) which can be placed on the area of the inside of the door adjoining the door mortise. In the mounting flange at least one slot (24) running at right angles to the adjacent edge of the door is provided for a mounting screw which can be driven into the door. The cup part (20) engaging in the mortise (16) is undersized with respect to the door mortise such that, when the mounting screw is loosened it can be shifted in the mortise by a given amount at right angles to the door edge.

Abstract: A detent hinge supports a vertically or horizontally swinging door to the frame. The detent hinge releasably retains the door in a predetermined position relative to the frame when the door is rotated to open or to close.

Abstract: A hinged connector for joining a first structural member to a second structural member in a support structure, comprising first and second metal connector members each having a base portion for attachment to a respective structural member and a tab integral with the base portion. Each base portion includes an integral upset gusset welded to the tab of the respective connector member to add support to the tab and add stiffness to the connector member.

Abstract: A sawless lint cleaner receives the cotton as doffed from the gin stand in an airstream. The lint is deflected toward spiked cylindrical rollers of a cleaner and wiped across a grating at a speed about equal to the airspeed. The grating is in cylindrical segments as close to the spikes as tolerance will permit. The grating is composed of parallel bars approximately 5 mm thick spaced 13 mm apart and angled about 15.degree. from the radial line of the shaft of the spiked cylinder. Trash passes through the grating. The lint is reunited with the air at the end of the cleaner and conveyed to a condenser. The condenser separates the air and forms the lint into a batt for further cleaning by a typical saw lint cleaner.

Abstract: The invention is a process and a device for the jigging of a flat can in a textile draw frame. According to the invention, the flat can is subjected to different dynamic moments in the translational movement along the jigging path. It is a characteristic of the invention that the speed is regularly modified in proximity of the reversal points (P1, P2), i.e. in the area of the reversal paths (UW1, UW2). The jigging device is provided with a driving device which renders the constant translational movement changeable in proximity of the reversal point (P1, P2). The driving device may be a servomotor controlled by a computer which serves as the control device. In another embodiment the diving device is a different, less expensive electric motor on the drive shaft of which belt pulleys capable of being coupled are installed.

Abstract: A fleece hopper of a textile draw frame is located between a pair of draw-off rollers and a fiber sliver pipe. Fiber fleece is gathered together in the hopper and deflected into the hopper outlet. The hopper outlet includes a pipe-shaped insert removably fitted therein. The insert can be removed and replaced without disturbing or adjusting the hopper itself.

Abstract: A loose-boss top roller includes an arbor inserted into a loose-boss on which a hard rubber material is fixed, needle bearings inserted between the loose-boss and the arbor in both ends of the loose-boss, one end of each of a pair of joints being inserted and fixed into an end of the loose-boss out of contact with the needle bearings, end bushes fixed on both ends of the arbor by screws, and thrust ball bearings inserted between thrust washers which are placed in hollow portions of the end bushes and thrust washers which are attached to the other ends of the joints.

Abstract: This invention most generally relates to a clip mechanism assembleable to the back-side of an ornament member, most preferably jewelry objects or fanciful buttons and the like, to be displayed by removable attachment to clothing mainly through "button-holes" and used, for example, as tuxedo-studs, cuff-links, lapel-pins, etc. The clip mechanism may also be used with hooks or posts upon which may be placed, or hung, tools, pictures, or articles for display. The clip mechanism is removably insertable into a mounting hole or peg-board hole and because of the particular design of the clip mechanism will support the article hung on the hook or post. The clip mechanism is removable with a pulling force in a direction opposite the direction of insertion of the mechanism.

Abstract: In a separable bottom end stop assembly for a concealed slide fastener, a socket member has first- and second-plug-member insertion holes on opposite sides of a central catch plate, and an engaging tongue projecting inwardly from one side wall. When a first plug member is inserted into the socket member, a locking portion on one side of a lower end of the first plug member comes into locking engagement with the catch plate and an engaging portion on the other side of the lower end of the first plug member comes into engagement with the engaing tongue. With continued inserting of the first plug member, an inwardly directed hook-shape end of an engaging projection extending from an upper end of the socket member comes into engagement with an engaging recess in a rear wall of a slider.

Abstract: A clasp includes releasibly interconnectible first and second clasp members. The first clasp member includes an outwardly extending lock member. The second clasp member includes an inner tubular member slidably mounted in an outer tubular member. A lock member receiver is formed on the inner tubular member and, in a normal biased position of the inner tubular member, closes an aperture formed in a side wall of the outer tubular member to lockingly engage the lock member inserted through the aperture to join the first and second clasp members together. At least one and preferably a pair of diametrically opposed slots or grooves extend axially from one end of the inner tubular member and engage a pin mounted diametrically across the outer tubular member or projections formed on the outer tubular member, respectively, for guiding and limiting the sliding movement of the inner tubular member within the outer tubular member.

Abstract: A safety pin attachment which is capable of being releaseably locked about a conventional safety pin. The attachment has a male half and a female half which are adapted for mutual locking engagament. In one embodiment, the male half and the female half are injection molded adjacent each other and lying in the same plane, connected by a living hinge. The living hinge allows the two halves to be folded together until they are releaseably locked about the safety pin.

Abstract: A fastening conversion system is provided for a shoe having a throat with a set of spaced apart eyelets on each side of the throat, which consists of a closure member. A device is for securing the closure member to the first set of the spaced apart eyelets. A first portion of a releasing retainer is affixed to the closure member. A second portion of the releasing retainer is also provided. An apparatus is for securing the second portion of the releasing retainer to the second set of the spaced apart eyelets. When the closure member is placed in a closed position over the throat of the shoe, the first portion of the releasing retainer will engage with the second portion of the releasing retainer, to help keep the shoe on a foot of a person wearing the shoe.

Abstract: An apparatus for finishing a fabric web by subjecting a usually wetted fabric which is carefully handled preferably on a spreader in the case of knits or a tenter-like device in the case of woven or non-woven webs so that it remains flat and smooth and then presenting the fabric to a fabric treating station comprising endless belts in abutting relationship to shrink or finish the fabric and finally removing the fabric from the fabric treating station or arrangement. An apparatus for finishing a fabric by passing a carefully handled fabric onto a device to smooth the fabric and move same to a confined space formed by side by side plural, usually endless, belts with guide means on the outer surfaces thereof and said plural belts arranged to change direction around inner rolls disposed on the opposite ends of said belts to finish or shrink said fabric either as a result of the curvature caused by the change in direction of said belts or in the nip formed by the rolls at one end.

Abstract: A high frequency focused transducer may be formed by fabricating a piezoelectric or ferroelectric wafer of a thickness less than about 100 microns and bonding a malleable sheet to the wafer with a thin layer of adhesive. Thereafter, the composite may be pressed into a spherical mold to form a curved transducer without fracturing the wafer. In another embodiment, a conductive adhesive layer may be applied to the wafer to a thickness sufficient to hold the wafer in a curved state, when set. After the adhesive is set, the composite may be pressed into the mold while the adhesive is held at an elevated temperature whereat it is elastic. Thereafter the composite is cooled so that the adhesive layer is stabilized and the curved transducer is removed from the well.

Abstract: A cable-feeding and cable-changing apparatus, whereby a cable change can be performed in an optimized time manner in cable-processing machines which include a stationary pivotable gripper and treatment stations arranged within the pivotal range of a gripper. For this purpose, two cable feeders are provided which are arranged at an acute angle to each other in their cable transport direction and symmetrically to a main transport axis. Displaceable cable-stepping devices are provided between the two sets of belt drives and a v-shaped cable-guiding part is connected by a respective limb to the cable exit side of the cable feeders and the cable-stepping devices, wherein the intersection of the limbs coincides with the main transport axis. During a cable change, and before the retraction of the one cable by the one limb, the other cable is advanced to the intersection by the other limb.

Abstract: A system for marking elongated wire and for cutting the wire and stripping insulation therefrom comprising first structure operable to mark the wire; second structure operable to cut the marked wire and to strip insulation from the wire; the wire extending between and movable between the first and second structures, the first and second structure comprising separate stand-alone devices; and control structure, including external computer means, operatively connected with the first and second structures for controlling operation of the first and second structures in time sequence relation to wire movement therebetween, and/or to control wire marking, wire cutting, and insulating stripping length.

Abstract: A necklace having a chain and a jewelry element has attaching members at each end of the chain and two pins extending from a rear surface of the jewelry element, with the pins disposed through the attaching members and bent back to the rear surface. A jewelry element having two L-shaped members, with a pin extending from an upright side of each and having an opposite end in close proximity to a base of each L-shaped member is disclosed. A jewelry element may have two pins attached at one end, terminating at the other end in a ball and disposed through attaching members, attached to ends of a chain. A method of making a necklace from a jewelry element having two pins extending from a rear surface thereof and a chain having attaching members at each end includes placing each attaching member over a pin and bending each pin back to the rear surface or heating each pin to form a ball at the end thereof.

Abstract: A method of making a python in which a bundle of tubes is disposed coaxially within a close-fitting elongated sheath having a resiliently expandable inside diameter wherein the inside diameter is expandable by creating a pressure differential between the inside and the outside of the sheath to expand the sheath and inserting the tube bundle without substantial resistance from sliding contact with the expanded inside surface of the sheath, a pig being provided on the lead end of the bundle to assist passage through the sheath.

Abstract: A neck booklet machine is described which places an elastic band having a booklet connected to the band around a neck of a container. The booklets are vertically stacked in a curved magazine and pulled by a vacuum cup from the curved magazine, which matches the natural curvature of a stack of booklets having an elastic band on one side. The bottom of the curved magazine is open to allow the elastic bands to hang free. The neck booklet is picked up by a carrier pad and held against and transported along a slide plate. A low vacuum nozzle pulls the loose elastic band downwardly to enable a loop of the elastic band to be picked up by a needle point and held precisely below the booklet on the slide plate. The elastic band is pulled down and around an opening horn extending from the needle point as the neck booklet moves along the slide plate by the carrier pad. The opening horn is carried on supports on the bottom and side with a top opening to allow the elastic band to pass over the opening horn.

Abstract: A back-rest frame of a vehicular seat comprises a generally U-shaped frame member. The frame member includes a generally U-shaped upper section with which a pair of side sections are integrally connected. The frame member is formed of an elongate material which is made of an aluminum light alloy and has the same sectional shape throughout the length thereof. The elongate material includes a hollow base section with which extended wall sections are integral. The frame member is produced by bending the elongate material into a generally U-shape and then by cutting off the extended wall sections from a part corresponding to the upper section of the frame member.

Abstract: An apparatus for laying a wire in a junction box comprises means for performing the steps of: setting (S1) a covered wire E on a wiring plate along a wiring pattern arranged on said wiring plate by causing a relative movement between a wire feeder which successively feeds a single wire and the wiring plate along guide means formed on the wiring plate; cutting off (S2) portions unnecessary for conductive circuits from the wiring set on the wiring plate; and forming (S3) the conductive circuits in the junction box by inserting the wire remaining on the wiring plate into the wire-coupling portions of connecting terminals secured to a base and by removing the junction box from the wiring plate. Thus, it is possible to speed up the wire-laying work in a junction box having many conductive circuits.

Abstract: An applicator tool is provided for applying an electrical connector having a plurality of insulation piercing terminals onto a multi-conductor flat cable. The tool includes a frame having a press ram drivable through a working stroke toward and away from an anvil for supporting the connector. A fixed connector-positioning peg projects from the anvil and is adapted for abuttingly engaging one side of the connector. A spring-loaded yieldable peg projects from the anvil and is adapted for yielding to a retracted condition to facilitate positioning the connector between the pegs.

Abstract: An installation for circulating workpiece-carrying pallets. The installation includes a supporting surface and at least one pallet comprising a plurality of self-orientable rolling members supporting the at least one pallet and rolling on the supporting surface. A plurality of sets of substantially horizontally arranged wheels are mounted on the at least one pallet. The wheels include driven wheels and freely rotating guidance wheels. A plurality of rail members are mounted on the supporting surface. The rail members define a plurality of travel paths for the at least one pallet. The rail members interact with the sets of substantially horizontally arranged wheels to guide the pallet on a desired path. Each of the paths is defined at least partially by a section of parallel rail members. These sets of substantially horizontally arranged wheels are compressibly lodgeable between the parallel rail members. The travel paths are connected by a plurality of interconnections.

Abstract: Disclosed are electrical cable strippers and methods for their use, particularly, stripping tools and methods adapted for use with specific electrical cables such as naval electrical power cables and underground primary distribution jacketed cables.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a layered product to obtain a multilayer ceramic capacitor. A mother sheet supported by a carrier film is cut to obtain respective sheets to form a plurality of sheets. The sheets are transferred to a frame having inner dimensions capable of positioning the sheets inside the frame. The stacked sheets are then pressurized. The arrangement enables the sheets forming the layered product to be stacked for pressurizing without misalignment of internal electrodes embedded in the respective sheets and without air being entrapped between the stacked sheets.

Abstract: A flexible membrane (12) of an integrated circuit chip test probe is provided with raised contact features (14) on one side arranged in the pattern of contact pads of the chip to be tested. During manufacture, the membrane, in the area of its raised contact features, is specifically shaped by applying a vacuum to the outside of the membrane and casting a solid resilient elastomer (26) in place on the other side of the membrane to act as a shape retaining solid backup and to provide an anti-drape (226) shaped membrane (212) or to ensure planarity (326) of the ends of the membrane contact features (314). The vacuum may be used to pull the membrane and its contacts against a shape defining mandrel (60,260,360) while the elastomer is cast into place.