Abstract: A protective helmet for use by children is provided, with a top portion formed as a hollow dome, containing a plurality of ventilation openings. The top portion includes a stretch panel which extends from the top of the dome to a rim of the top portion. The protective helmet also includes a padded brim which is formed as a band mounted to and encircling an outer circumference of the top portion at the rim, and includes a stretch panel adjacent to the stretch panel of the top portion. The protective helmet further includes a first strap and a second strap mounted to the padded brim that are attachable to and detachable from each other. Each strap has an ear protection portion at the point of attachment to the padded brim that is configured to provide protection to the ears of the child, with a plurality of ventilation openings therein for the passage of air and sound.

Abstract: An apparatus for disposing of body waste in a portable toilet is comprised of a container (100) and an associated housing structure (14) which are adapted to be seated on a conventional toilet (B). Waste in container (100) is dumped into the toilet via a cable mechanism on the intake stroke of a hand pump (170). A water intake hose (172) is manually lowered into the toilet water via a hose control handle (162) prior to the operation of the pump. While the container (100) is in a vertical dumping position, the exhaust stroke of pump (170) forces water siphoned from the toilet through a jet outlet (180) to clean the interior of the container (100). The container (100) automatically returns to its rest, or horizontal, position due to the action of a return spring.

Abstract: A portable spa including a cover having two rigidly molded, interlocking halves, designed to conform with the contour of the rim of the spa. The rim includes a vertical extension which interfits with an extrusion used to attach an interchangeable decorative vinyl-covered skirt about the side surface of the spa. The spa structure is supported by an integral molded bottom pan, which provides an upper edge or rim against which the lower edge of the skirt is secured.

Abstract: This invention relates to a compact bath-chair support comprising a frame having a flat bottom surface for resting on top of a side of a bath. The frame has along a first side, at least one jaw downwardly extending, and fixedly or slidably mounted, onto that frame, above a plane containing the flat bottom surface. At least one downwardly extending jaw is slidably mounted on the side opposite the first side, and above that plane containing the flat bottom surface. A screw or other clamps, is positioned above the plane containing the bottom surface, and connected to the jaws that are slidably mounted, for the jaws of one side to move toward and away from, the jaws on the other side, so as to act as a vise, to securely hold the side of a bath near the top. The frame has above the bottom surface, at least one receptacle for receiving the shaft of a chair.

Abstract: A sterile surgical drape for use with a system for thermally treating sterile medium is accomplished by a drape including indicia symbolically directing placement of the drape over the system. The system may include a single or plurality of basins for thermally cooling and/or heating the sterile medium. The drape includes various indicia indicating which portions of the drape are placed over the corresponding portions of the thermal treatment system. The indicia may include symbols indicating the center of the basins, the direction to unfold the drape after removing the drape from its package, the proper orientation of the drape when placed on the system, and alignment of the drape on the system such that the drape overhangs the top surface of the system for a sufficient length to reduce the risk of contamination to the sterile medium. The indicia assist the operator in properly aligning and placing the drape over the system to ensure sterility.

Abstract: An earthquake-proof bed having a superior endurance property is constructed of approximately box-shaped metallic panels and contains necessities in the event of an earthquake, such as tools for escaping and food in tool boxes installed under the bed. This earthquake-proof bed includes box-shaped metallic panels. Each panel is shaped with a plurality of frames and a pair of metal plates fixed on both sides of the frames. A plurality of tool boxes is installed on the bottom metallic panel. The plurality of tool boxes is formed by dividing plates. A plurality of lids covers the tool boxes, and an opening is shaped on any one of the metal panels. Bedding is provided on the lids.

Abstract: A fitted sheet for use as a disposable stretcher/gurney linen, comprising an elongated sheet having a length and a width adapted to accommodate and be placed onto a stretcher/gurney to cover a mattress carried by the stretcher/gurney and prevent the mattress from being soiled, the length dimension being greater than the width dimension, at least one end of the length dimension is protected for temporary connection with the mattress for retaining the sheet on the mattress when the sheet is placed onto the mattress, and a flap on each side of the sheet extends along the length dimension for use as carriers to lift the sheet and move it with an individual thereon from one place to another.

Abstract: A patient lift sheet of generally rectangular plan shape is provided and includes a pair of lifting bars removably supported therefrom at points spaced longitudinally along each opposite side longitudinal margin of the lift sheet. Each anchor bar defines a pair of longitudinally spaced anchor points thereon to which the lower ends of individually adjustable lifting or tension member straps are anchored. Further, the lift sheet includes an inner panel of brushed cotton and an outer panel of synthetic mesh material and the inner surfaces of the outer margins of the lift sheet have fleece panel strips disposed thereover.

Abstract: A foldable playyard combined with an outer playyard frame assembly and an inner playyard frame assembly is disclosed. The outer playyard comprises an essentially rectangular upper support composed of four pairs of rail sections each centrally coupled by a switch unit, each pair of rail sections being pivotably connected to a respective corner bracket provided at four corners of the upper support, a lower support respectively engaged with four vertical rails at a lower end. The lower support includes four legs, each for receiving a corresponding vertical rail, four tilting rails sections each pivotably coupled to one of the legs at one end thereof, two pairs of curved L-shaped rail sections, each respectively coupled with the other ends of two adjacent tilting rails by a hinge and pivotably attached to each other at a different end and two posts each disposed under one of the hinges and supporting the corresponding hinge, providing a stable lower support structure.

Abstract: A cradle comprises a support frame and a base. The support frame is intended to hold an infant and is provided at one end thereof with a retaining hook. The base is provided with a plurality of castors fastened pivotally therewith and is further provided with an actuating, box comprising an elastic cord which is provided at the top thereof with a plurality of engaging rings engageable with the retaining hook of the support frame. The actuating box is provided therein with a motor, a disk with a cam fastened therewith, and a swing arm provided with an eccentric wheel having a groove engageable with the bottom end of the elastic cord. The swing arm is further provided with a rotor engageable with the cam. The eccentric wheel is actuated by the cam which is in turn actuated by the motor. The elastic cord is pulled downwards by the eccentric wheel in motion so as to cause the cradle to swing downwards.

Abstract: A device for supporting the legs of a bed for the purpose of adjustably raising one end of the bed. The device is designed for ease and safety in stacking by use of a nesting feature in which the walls of a raised boss are nested completely around a socket formed between two concentric circles defined by the inside and outside walls of the adjacent raised bosses.

Abstract: A medical bed system, is provided wherein, by enabling a plurality of medical apparatus to use a common bed, various medical activities can be taken without moving a patient to another bed and thus without changing an attitude of the patient. In particular, the medical bed system includes a rotating section for rotating the bed horizontally around a predetermined central axis to position it on predetermined locations of the medical apparatuses, and an engaging section for engaging selectively the bed with each of the medical apparatuses, whereby positioning precision of the bed can be improved.

Abstract: A bed framework comprising a base frame provided with casters and a supporting frame provided with at least one subframe movable and/or swingable with respect to said supporting frame. The two frames are connected to each other through at least two pairs of rods with associated arcuate guides secured to said base frame for allowing a change of the elevation and inclination of said supporting frame in respect of said base frame.One end of each rods is pivotally connected to said supporting frame and the other end is provided with pins engaging guide slots in said arcuate guides whereby said supporting frame is vertically raised or lowered when said pins are moved along the guide slots of the associated arcuate guide.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an individual's head or neck which includes a base member and a cushion portion being removably mounted on and spaced from the base member. The cushion portion includes a first section adapted to support an individual's head or neck, and additional recessed regions extending angularly from each end of the first section to form a substantially u-shaped cushion portion. The cushion portion is selectably engageable with an individual's head or neck forming an air channel when an individual lies in a horizontal prone position.

Abstract: A combination diaper bag and portable changing table provides convenient transport of infant care supplies and a place to change an infant's diaper which draws, filters, and then exhausts air from above the changing table. In a preferred embodiment, an infant care device has an enclosure, a lid pivotably attached to the enclosure, a generally planar platform which extends laterally across the enclosure, a generally planar foldable pad having a centrally disposed opening formed therethrough, and a fan which draws air from above the pad through its central opening.

Abstract: A structure for attachment to an infant crib for supporting objects to be viewed by an infant in the crib. The structure includes a rectangular crystal-clear flexible sheet sized to fit over a portion of the infant crib. The four edges of the sheet are each folded over and sewn to the sheet to form an elongated tube. A dowel rod somewhat longer than the tube is inserted through each of the four tubular edges of the sheet. Each of the adjacent ends of two dowel rods are inserted into a cubical block. Each of the four cubical blocks supports a length of cord for securing the structure to the infant crib.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for securing a top panel cover of a mattress to an innerspring core include a plurality of clips attached to an upper border wire of the core. Each clip has one or more barbs that project inwardly with respect to the core. The cover is attached to the core by stretching and wrapping the edges of the cover over and around the border wire and pushing the edges against the barbs so that the barbs pierce the edges and hold the edges in a taut position at least partially wrapped around the border wire.

Abstract: Framework for a suspension bridge of the type comprising an essentially flat main structure, the top surface of which forms the traffic lane for the transport structure crossing the bridge, anchored to a suspension system formed of a plurality of vertical hangers (6) fixed to catenary cables (5) anchored to end piers of the bridge. The framework consists of at least two parallel longitudinal box-like bodies corresponding to two runways of the bridge, reciprocally spaced by an extent equal to their transverse dimension. Said bodies have a cross section with a profile adapted to favor the proper flow of the wind stream and they are interconnected, at regular intervals, by stiff supporting transverse ledgers (4) having in turn a box-like configuration and carrying at their ends means for their anchorage to the suspension hangers (6).

Abstract: In a floor-surface polisher in which floor-surface is polished by a pad which is mounted within a pad cover and rotated at a high speed by a motor during the traveling operation of the polisher, a floor-surface polisher equipped with a function for adjusting a pad pressure being characterized in that the pad is resiliently supported by a support force, the support force directing upwardly to separate the pad away from the floor-surface, a plurality of very small spaces being formed within the pad so that a drawing force for lowering the pad toward the floor-surface against the upwardly-directing support force will be generated during a high speed rotation of the pad, electric-current value setter for adjusting, either automatically or manually, an electric-current value of the motor to a pre-set value, the setter being mounted on a control portion of the pad motor.

Abstract: A kit for cleaning a tracking ball and pad of a computer mouse arrangement. The inventive kit includes a container having a tacky liner within which a mouse ball can be positioned and agitated to adhesively remove dirt therefrom. A roller having a tacky exterior coating can be manually reciprocated over a mouse pad to remove dirt therefrom to reduce subsequent fouling of the cleansed tracking ball of the mouse.

Abstract: A device for cleaning the ducts of medical instruments for internal investigation or sample-taking, the device comprising an elongate cylindrical element and a brush provided at a first end of said element, the brush comprising substantially radial brushes mounted on a longitudinal spine. The device includes a brush support member constituted by a helically wound wire whose turns define a channel suitable for receiving the spine of the brush and having a portion of length substantially equal to the length of the brush along which the turns are spaced apart axially so as to allow the bristles of the brush to pass between them.

Abstract: A disposable, hand-held, single-use applicator for applying waxes, polishes, medicines and other chemical compounds has a base piece and a chemically-impregnated pad attached to the lower surface of the base piece. The handle of the applicator has a first handle piece that is hingedly attached to the upper surface of the base piece, and a second handle piece that is not attached to the base piece. A swivel gap separates the second handle piece from the base piece. The base piece and pad may swivel at least somewhat relative to the first handle piece to adjust to the contour of the surface to which the chemical is being applied. The first and second handle pieces are collapsibly interconnected with one another such that the second handle piece may be rotated to a collapsed position in which the second handle piece is substantially juxtaposed to the first handle piece, with both handle pieces extending almost within the same plane.

Abstract: A scraper and brush device (10) for a lottery ticket (12) comprising a body member (14). A component (16) on the body member (14) is for scraping off a coating (18) on the lottery ticket (12). An element (20) on the body member (14) is for cleaning the lottery ticket (12). The scraped coating (18) will be removed to expose data (22) printed on the lottery ticket (12), in which the data (22) can now be read by a person (24).

Abstract: A wringer mop including a handle and a head portion having a plurality of mop strands, and an improved connector for connecting the mop strands to the handle. The connector includes a connector body having a collar portion and a hollow shank portion. A strand clip is provided for engaging with the mop strands and includes a pair of legs for extending into engagement with the shank portion whereby the strand clip is attached to the connector body. The mop is assembled by first engaging the mop strands with the strand clip and then connecting the strand clip to the connector body. Subsequently, the assembled connector body and strand clip may be attached to the bottom of the handle by inserting the shank portion into the handle.

Abstract: A toothbrush which includes a brush head having an arched base made from flexible material, and a handle having two coupling rods respectively fastened to two transverse slots on the arched base, wherein the arched base of the brush head has two longitudinal grooves at two opposite lateral sides thereof respectively fitting the upper dental arch and the lower dental arch, and a plurality of bristles respectively installed in the longitudinal grooves.

Abstract: An attachment is made to a roller printer that indicates to a user of the roller printer that it is tracking a straight line on a vertical surface. The attachment in the best mode is a spirit level so positioned that it indicates whether the printing roller of the roller printer is horizontally oriented in use. A protractor or other form of angle indicator may be used with a pivotable spirit level to aid the user of a roller printer in producing a pattern that extends inclined to the vertical.

Abstract: A taping knife which includes a blade with an elongated handle secured to the blade. The plastic handle includes a durable inner member and a grippable outer core. The hollow inner member is formed from adjoining member halves which have an inner structural support network of ribs. The handle component parts sealably interlock and are secured together upon formation of the outer grippable core whose material flows into certain ribbed network compartments and secures the interlocking parts together.

Abstract: A deck mop wringer with adjustable support stands comprising a rear support stand including a base member and at least one vertically positioned shaft. Each shaft is adjustable to a plurality of different heights. A front support stand includes a base member and at least one vertically positioned shaft. Each shaft is adjustable to a plurality of different heights. A wringer device comprises a basket and a rim. The basket has an open top, a floor and a plurality of side walls including apertures. The rim extends around the open top of the basket. The shafts of the front and rear support stands are coupled to the rim to support the basket in a suspended orientation. A wringer plate assembly includes a perforated front plate and a handle. The plate is rotatably coupled within the basket and positioned in an essentially vertical orientation. The handle is pulled by the user to ring a mop head positioned within the basket.

Abstract: A portable cleaning container assembly having a foot activated valve assembly for selectively opening and closing a drain opening disposed in the bucket bottom wall. A directing member secured to the bucket bottom wall assists in directing the discharging cleaning solution from the drain opening to a floor drain or other drain means.

Abstract: A novel upright carpet cleaning extractor is disclosed which may be conveniently converted from the floor cleaning mode to the upholstery and/or stair cleaning mode. The overall configuration and operation of the extractor is similar to that of a typical upright vacuum cleaner and may be operated in the forward or reverse direction similar to a typical upright vacuum cleaner. When in the floor cleaning mode, cleaning solution is supplied to a solution distributor by gravity flow. However, when converted to the upholstery cleaning mode an auxiliary, air turbine driven cleaning solution pump is automatically energized for supplying pressurized cleaning solution to an upholstery or stair cleaning nozzle.

Abstract: A cleaning attachment for a vacuum cleaner including a cleaning solution reservoir, a manually operated cleaning solution dispenser mounted to the reservoir, a suction tube secured at one end to the reservoir, and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly is secured to the suction tube at a location remote from the reservoir, and includes a nozzle body, a wiper assembly secured to the nozzle body, and a support arm extending from the nozzle body and beyond the reservoir. The support arm defines an opening through which the reservoir extends, and has a sponge assembly or a brush assembly interchangeably and removably secured to a distal end thereof. The dispenser engages the support arm adjacent the opening and retains the support arm in position relative to the reservoir.

Abstract: A skirt system for caster wheels to prevent a rolling caster from colliding with floor debris. A skirt assembly is fastened to a caster having a swiveling housing in which is mounted a caster wheel on an axle. The skirt thus swivels with the caster. The skirt assembly includes a circular skirt housing fastenable to a caster housing and having a central opening through which the caster wheel extends. Skirt material, such as brush fibers, is secured in a split ring which is removably held to the skirt housing by ring spring tension. The skirt may extend entirely around the caster or a segment may be portioned in front of the caster wheel.

Abstract: A stage or other structure having support legs includes rollers which are mounted so as to be supporting the stage in a first position and having the stage legs support the stage in a second position. A lift mechanism includes actuating pedals near the ground for raising and lowering the assembly. A linkage pivots the roller mounting member between a raised and lowered position relative to a cross member on the frame. A second pedal is selectively engageable by a single foot for retaining the roller assembly in either the raised or lowered positions.

Abstract: A guard guide surface for the lift-off slot of a tilt sash shoe is disposed obliquely above the lift-off slot to engage the head of a sash pin rising directly vertically from the slot. This prevents accidental withdrawal of a sash pin from a shoe when the sash is tilted. When the sash is slanted, however, for intentional withdrawal from a window, the sash pins can be lifted from their slots in off-vertical motions that clear the guide surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring sliver thickness in a drawing frame includes first and second selectively used sliver guiding devices having converging inner wall faces for bringing a plurality of simultaneously introduced slivers together to form a sliver assembly constituted by side-by-side positioned running slivers arranged in a plane. Each sliver guiding device has a sliver inlet and a smaller sliver outlet. Either the inlet or the outlet, or both, have different passage areas in the different sliver guiding devices. A receiving arrangement accommodates the selected sliver guiding device in the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a sensor element and a counterelement laterally contacting the sliver assembly from opposite sides. The sensor element is urged into a resilient contact with the sliver assembly whereby the sensor element undergoes excursions upon variation of thickness of the sliver assembly.

Abstract: A security chain particularly adapted for retaining a magnetically encoded card such as a casino complimentary card including a split ring, detachably coupled to one end of a ball chain with the other end of the ball chain detachable coupled to an alligator clip which can be clipped to the users clothing. The magnetically encoded card can be easily inserted over a right angle tab on the split ring and threaded onto the ring.

Abstract: In a tie including an elongated tongue and a locking head having a movable pawl that is hinged at one side of the opening of the locking head across the opening from an abutment wall for locking engagement with a set of ratchet teeth on the tongue when the tip of the tongue has been inserted through the opening, the abutment wall is enhanced for withstanding a force that would tend to bow the abutment wall when the pawl forces the tongue against the abutment wall in response to a pulling force applied to the tongue in a direction opposite to the direction of insertion, but does not require as much material as would be required for an abutment wall that merely had increased thickness and, when the tie is made by injection molding, the abutment wall is not significantly subject to deformation when the injected plastic material cools.

Abstract: A clamp structure with a clamping band which can be used, for example, to fixedly secure a hose on a nipple and which includes a tightening arrangement for tightening the clamp structure about the object to be fastened and a tolerance-compensating arrangement for the entire tolerance range of the hose and nipple. The tolerance-compensating arrangement is thereby formed by a slot-like opening punched-out of the clamping band which is of such width and length that the lateral clamping band portions left on both sides of the slot-like opening provide tolerance compensation at the clamping forces specified by the customer, taking into consideration also the fact that the material of the lateral band portions is work-hardened by the punching-out operation of the tolerance-compensating opening.

Abstract: A spring band clamp with a spring band (2), a pair of tensioning endpieces which project from the spring band (2), and a holding element (5) which holds the tensioning endpieces (3,4) in a spread, installation state of the spring band clamp (1) under a pretensioning force. The holding element (5) has a holding section (6) and a disengagement section. To enable installation of the spring band clamp (1) in an engine compartment of a motor vehicle under conditions of restricted space in an especially simple manner and without special tools, the disengagement section (7) of the holding element (5) has a finger grip section (8) for enabling the holding element (5) to be disengaged from the tensioning endpieces of the spring band by direct engagement of the finger grip portion with at least one finger and for thereby enabling the spring band clamp to spring into an essentially released, clamping state.

Abstract: A device for connecting at least one braid of electric cables to a connector.The device comprises on the one hand a fastening plate provided with a slot, and on the other hand, a metal band of constant thickness and width. One end of the band passes twice through the slot to form two spires around the braid. The other end is subsequently backfolded on one edge of the fastening plate and severed.

Abstract: A belt buckle includes: a main plate having a bracket for passing a belt through the bracket, and a fastening member pivotally secured on the bracket of the main plate and having a clamping arm portion cut with a secant notch on the clamping arm portion for deeply engaging a free end portion of the belt with the secant notch on the clamping arm portion for firmly fastening the belt on the main plate, whereby due to the forming of the secant notch on the clamping arm portion, the thickness of the buckle may become thinner and slim for enhancing esthetic or ornamental effect of the buckle.

Abstract: A female component for a refastenable fastening device having an elastomeric adhesive backing and a multiplicity of fibrous elements extending from the backing. The female fastening component is formed by a method comprising the steps of: providing a first lamina comprising an elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive film having a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface opposed to said first adhesive surface, a relaxed orientation, an elongated orientation and preferably at least two regions of differential elongation; stretching said first lamina from said relaxed orientation to said elongated orientation; contacting a second lamina comprising a nonwoven web with said first surface of said first lamina in said elongated orientation, thereby directly joining said second lamina and said first lamina to form a laminate; and relaxing said first lamina such that said second lamina is shirred to form catching regions capable of entangling the hooks of a complementary male fastening component.

Abstract: A fastening device molded of a synthetic resin material and adapted to be engaged with a large number of loops on one surface of a fastener part of a mating member includes a base member having on its one surface a large number of hooks integrally molded with the base member and arranged in a plurality of rows. The hooks in each hook row generally have the same hook direction aligned with an axis of the hook row, and the hooks in one hook row and the hooks in an adjacent hook row do not always have the same hook direction. At least one hook in each hook row which is adjacent to a peripheral edge of the base member have a hook direction facing outwardly away from the peripheral edge. With this arrangement, the hooks located adjacent to the peripheral edge are capable of withstand undue force tending to fatigue and eventually break the hooks.

Abstract: A connector for releasably connecting a harness to a stringed instrument. The connector includes an engaging member provided on terminal ends of the harness and a receiving member provided on opposite ends of the stringed instrument body. The connector is operated by rotation of a knob fixed on the engaging member to engage and release the receiving member. An insertion cylinder is provided on the engaging member and includes a pair of diametrically opposed engaging elements which are pivotally mounted therein. The engaging elements are dimensioned so as to engage a fitting groove on an inner peripheral wall of a receiving cylinder of the receiving member. The knob provided on the engaging member is limited to rotation through a predetermined angle. A rotatable shaft extends into the insertion cylinder and can be positioned to engage the engaging elements. The rotatable shaft has a lower cross-sectional shape which has a large diameter and a small diameter.

Abstract: This invention provides a simply constructed sealed button (1) having an elastic spring (2) defining a pair of end portions (4) with respective hook members (6, 7) formed on the opposing end portions (4). A main body housing (5) defining an internal chamber includes a T-shaped conduit mounted within the housing chamber for insert of the hook members (6, 7). The hook members (6, 7) are hooked to each other at an intersecting portion of intersecting through passages of the T-shaped closed conduit. A transparent cover (8) is mounted to the sidewall of the main body housing (5) to provide a sealed button.

Abstract: A combination of a casket and a liquid retaining system for the casket comprises a casket shell, a body support structure mounted in the casket adapted to support a deceased thereon and a tray positioned atop the body support structure and adapted to be positioned beneath the deceased supported on the body support structure, and a tray for retaining liquids of decomposition of the deceased. The liquid retaining system may further include a liner supported atop the tray bottom wall and beneath the deceased and secured to the upper edges of the side and end walls of the casket shell.

Abstract: The process for manufacturing parts of revolution which are made from a high-density metal with great regularity of reproducibility, especially as regards the homogeneity of the matter.It consists in carrying out the following steps:forging in three dimensions by successive upsetting and drawing-out operations carried out in three perpendicular directions;closed-die forging; andrecrystallisation heat treatment.Application to the manufacture of hollow-charged coatings made of tantalum.

Abstract: A disclosed process uses ceramic fiber fabrication technology and allows for novel composite designs, including composites with different polarizable material regions and composites with a gradient in volume fraction of polarizable material. Moreover, composites with fine-scale microstructures may be formed. The new forming method is an improvement to the traditional "dice and fill" technique currently being utilized to form piezoelectric composites.

Abstract: A broaching device and method for enlarging an opening, hollow or cavity in a workpiece comprises a broaching tool which is mounted on, or formed on, either the shaft or the nut of a ballscrew drive unit which includes a ballscrew shaft and a ballscrew nut.

Abstract: Apparatus for performing a series of operations upon a workpiece that include at least one modular mechanical unit having a worktable for supporting workpieces thereon. The worktable is periodically indexed by a Geneva wheel so that a workpiece on the worktable is intermittently moved through a plurality of work stations positioned about the worktable. A gear drive unit is employed to power the Geneva wheel as well as a movable tool support unit mounted in each of the work stations to move a tool mounted upon said support into and out of contact with a workpiece moved by the worktable into the work station. A number of modular units can be cojoined and arranged to be driven from a common prime mover.