Abstract: A method and device is disclosed for removing residual oil and other contaminants from the refrigerant stream flowing to low-temperature stages of a cryogenic refrigerator. A stream of vapor and liquid refrigerant coming from an air-cooled condenser is injected into a cyclone chamber [32] through the inlet tube [34]. While the liquid drains down a conical section [36] and out through a liquid line [38], the vapor phase moves up into a packing of metal platelets [42] which is cooled by a returning stream of cold vapor passing through a tube [48] wrapped around the column. A portion of the vapor condenses on the platelets and is maintained in equilibrium with the vapor. Since high-molecular-weight contaminants are more soluble in the liquid phase, they are carried down the column with the drops of condensate and are swept out with the liquid fraction through the liquid line [38].

Abstract: A method and unit for easily and continuously producing high pressure gaseous monosilane and high pressure liquid monosilane, each having an ultra high purity. In the ultra high purity monosilane producing method, a feed monosilane gas is pressurized, cooled down and subjected to a gas-liquid phase separation. The separated gas phase is introduced to a lower rectification column 1 so as to be rectified. The gas obtained through this rectification is introduced to an upper rectification column 2 so as to be rectified, wherein a gaseous monosilane product or liquid monosilane product having an ultra high purity is taken out of the bottom portion of the upper rectification column.

Abstract: Nitrogen is removed from a natural gas feed stream by a cryogenic distillation process in which said feed stream is fed to a primary column of a distillation column system having a primary column and a secondary column fed from and operating at substantially the same pressure as the primary column. At least a portion of a primary column methane-rich bottoms liquid is expanded and at least partially vaporized in heat exchange with a condensing primary column nitrogen-enriched vapor. The at least partially condensed primary column nitrogen-enriched vapor is returned to the primary column to provide higher temperature reflux to the distillation column system. A secondary column methane-rich bottoms liquid is at least partially vaporized in heat exchange with a condensing nitrogen-rich overhead vapor to produce a further methane-rich product.

Abstract: A distillation apparatus having applicability to an air separation plant in which a distillation column is suspended within a containment sleeve from a main heat exchanger or a head condenser of the distillation column. The suspension of the distillation column is flexible so that the distillation column can assume a vertical orientation under influence of gravitational force to be self-leveling.

Abstract: An apparatus for knitting about a traveling strand includes a rotatable base, an arrangement for supporting a yarn package rotatably mounted to the base for rotation independently of the rotation of the base, a strand conduit, an arrangement for moving a strand through the strand conduit and a knitting assembly disposed along the strand conduit for knitting yarn supplied from the yarn package about the traveling strand.

Abstract: A plurality of hooks (23U) is capable of engaging the initial hem of a pocket (MP) formed by the needles (7X) of a sector covering approximately a semicircumference, and of transferring the said initial hem to the needles of the other opposite sector of needles; the said hooks (23U) are disposed at the ends of rods (23) which are elastically flexible and moved longitudinally; a curved support (47) is hinged so that it can oscillate about an axis which is diametric with respect to the circumferential working area of the needles (7) of the cylinder (1); radial sliding passages for the individual rods are formed radially in the said support.

Abstract: A support sock is provided that stabilizes the ankle without the use of bulky bandages or specialized orthotic type shoes. The sock has elastic material around the ankle area extending down to the arch where the arch and instep are securely bound. The binding of these areas with elastic material restricts the foot of the user while not prohibiting movement. The sock can be worn with or without shoe gear.

Abstract: A pressure dehydration low-frequency washing machine with a simplified structure using a single motor and a driving mechanism, including an electromotive rotation shaft horizontally installed below a washing tub, a selective drive for driving an oscillating plate of the washing tub by selectively converting rotation force of the electromotive rotation shaft to a reciprocation force according to the rotation direction of the electromotive rotation shaft, an air-compressor for converting the rotation force of the electromotive rotation shaft to a reciprocation force and compressing air by means of a piston driven by the reciprocation force, a pressure-applying dehydrator for applying pressure and dehydrating the laundry in the washing tub by being expanded by compressed air from the air-compressor when the electromotive rotation shaft is rotated in a direction where the selective drive is not driven, and a controller for selectively transferring the compressed air in the air-compressor to the pressure-applying

Abstract: A washing machine enables cleansing water pumped by a rotating blade during executing a washing operation to be sprayed upon laundry within an inner tub of the washing machine with a strong pressure. The washing machine includes a hollow cylindrical inner tub for performing washing and drying, the rotating blade rotatably projecting from a center of a bottom of the inner tub for circulating the cleansing water within the inner tub, a plurality of bent portions and cutout portions bent and cut in predetermined lower portions of a sidewall of the inner tub, a plurality of waterway casings coupled to the cutout portions and positioned below the bent portions for pressurizing and spraying circulating cleansing water into the inner tub, and a hollow cylindrical inner tub base coupled to the waterway casing housed within the inner tub for selectively supplying the circulating cleansing water to the waterway casings.

Abstract: A dye tube spacer for package dyeing. The spacer prevents distortion of the ends of the yarn package when the package is compressed prior to dyeing. The spacer includes a continuous vertical inner wall having an upper edge and a lower edge, the inner diameter of the wall being substantially equal to the outer diameter of the tube. A vertical outer wall is spaced from the inner wall and has an upper edge and a lower edge. A top annular wall is inclined upwardly from the upper edge of the inner to the upper edge of the outer wall, the wall having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the end of the yarn winding. A bottom annular wall extends from the lower edge of the inner wall to the lower edge of the outer wall. A support shelf extends inwardly from the inner wall and is positioned to engage the end of the tube. The inclined top and bottom annular walls contact the ends of the yarn packages and prevent undesirable distortion of the yarn during compression prior to dyeing.

Abstract: An improved door lock is disclosed whereby the application of excessive force on the door handle will not cause a malfunction of the door lock and will not cause damage to the internal working features of the door lock. The door lock includes an outer rose spindle assembly, having an inner and an outer spindle, wherein the two spindle portions are releasably connected by a plurality of complementary pins and dints. Upon the application of excessive force on the door handle, the pins are released from the dints such that the force is not further transmitted to sequential features of the lock body.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improvement in a key-actuated pin tumbler lock of the type having: a cylindrical core rotatable in a lock housing via a rotational path, a plurality of pin tumblers received in bores journalled in the core and lock housing, each bore containing a set of pin tumblers comprising one core pin and one housing pin, biassed towards the core, and having a pin junction therebetween, and a key slot in the core, whereby insertion in the key slot of a key having thereon suitable bits is adapted to align the pin junctions with the rotational path of the core in the lock housing, and to permit the core to rotate within the housing.

Abstract: A key fob includes at least one dome with a display surface and a flange secured in a fob. The fob is sewn in a pattern around or through the flange or openings therethrough. The fob may also be formed by placing display domes within an outer rim and sealing the combination within a u-shaped ring. Designs and slogans may be placed on the display surfaces. The fob may then be attached to a key ring using a clip configured to accommodate crimping. The clip attachment allows the fob to rotate freely around the key ring.

Abstract: A rod-straightening apparatus 28 includes a movable collet unit 30 for gripping a butt end 24 of a rod 20 to be straightened. The rod 20 extends from the collet unit 30 in a cantilevered fashion to a tip end 26 of the rod. An intermediate portion of the rod 20 is located in a straightener mechanism 32 which includes five spaced, non-rotatable, stationary, straightening blocks 96 located along one side of the intermediate portion of the rod. Four spaced, non-rotatable, movable, straightening blocks 99 are located the opposite side of the intermediate portion of the rod 20 opposite the spaces between the five stationary blocks. The movable blocks 99 are supported on a slide member 140 which is controlled to move the blocks into a position adjacent the intermediate portion of the rod 20 after the intermediate portion has been positioned adjacent the fixed blocks 96. Each of the blocks 96 and 99 is formed with a groove 106 of semi-circular cross section to form a confined passage.

Abstract: A tube bending machine is provided which includes a rotatable bend die about which the tube is bent and a rotatable clamp die disposed outwardly of said bend die and movable to secure the tube between the clamp die and the bend die. A clamp die positioning system is provided which includes a drop-away clamp die holder supporting the clamp die, a hydraulic cylinder directly attached to the die clamp holder which advances and retracts the clamp die holder, and an electro-pneumatic control system which drives the cylinder at preselected pressures. The electro-hydraulic control system includes a hydraulic pump, a directional valve which varies the direction of flow of the hydraulic fluid to the cylinder, a proportional pressure reducing valve which varies the pressure of the hydraulic fluid, and a microprocessor controller which provides control signals to set the pressure to the preselected levels.

Abstract: A single stage two plane coiled reinforcing bar stock straightener adapted to straighten an infeed of coiled reinforcing bar in both the horizontal and vertical planes for providing the straightened delivery of coil fed reinforcing bar material to processing and converting machinery.

Abstract: A press having a frame, a tool support 41 mounted on the frame, a ram 8 movable toward and away from the tool support, and a blank holder 20 surrounding the ram for movement towards and away from the tool support by a crosshead 21 has a crosshead plate 45 guided during motion towards and away from the tool support by pillars 42, 43 operably engaged with the tool support. The blank holder is adjustable to align with the tool support 20 and ram 8.

Abstract: In the case of transfer presses and similar metal-forming machines, transfer devices must be provided for the transport of the sheet metal parts through the metal-forming stages. The lifting and lowering movement should be freely programmable, yet, a drive for the lifting and lowering movement is to be permitted which is free from play. This is achieved by the use of servo motors or similar motors with a hollow-shaft rotor and high-resolution position generators for the direct application on the transfer device, in which case the hollow-shaft rotor of each of the servo motors is provided with a spindle nut which, interacts with a spindle which is fastened on the transfer device in a non-rotatable manner.

Abstract: A liquid level monitoring system for underground storage tanks includes a submersible monitoring pipe system having telescoping sections that are biased to an extended position enabling the pipe to be self-retained within the tank between its upper and lower walls adjacent to and offset axially from a selected access opening in the tank, such as the discharge opening which normally accommodates the pump for the tank. The pipe system houses an electronic level sensor which is coupled to an above ground control system via conductor wires. An elongate accessing member having an openable and closable clamp jaw assembly for gripping the pipe system and disposing it in a compressed condition within the tank offset from the riser opening is provided as a part of the system.

Abstract: In a permanent magnet starter, a pinion clutch is smoothly engaged with a rotating shaft of an electric motor through a helical spline. A rotation restraint member is arranged at an outer periphery portion and this rotation restraint member is forcibly arranged by a magnetic field coil which is controlled from an outside portion. In a permanent magnet type motor having no magnetic field coil for exciting the motor, it is unnecessary to alter a motor unit. By the rotation force of an armature a pinion gear of the pinion clutch is moved, accordingly the permanent magnet starter for reducing the collision force during the meshing time of the pinion gear to a ring gear can be obtained. Further the permanent magnet starter having a superior gear meshing withstanding property and further without the lowering in the sealing property in the motor unit can be obtained.

Abstract: A mechanism for a cutting or grinding tool for converting rotational movement into reciprocating movement contains a casing, a reciprocating member mounted within the casing for receiving and securing a tool to be inserted into a tool receiving opening of the reciprocating member, a shaft member rotatably mounted within the casing for rotation by a rotational driving force, a bearing member for rotatably carrying the shaft member, and a support member for carrying the reciprocating member for enabling reciprocating movement thereon. The reciprocating member and the shaft member are spaced apart so that a center axis of the reciprocating member and a center axis of the shaft member are offset. A connecting member is provided between the shaft member and the reciprocating member for interconnecting the shaft and reciprocating members for converting rotational movement of the shaft member into reciprocating movement of the reciprocating member.

Abstract: This invention relates to a selector lever for a motor vehicle transmission, in the case of which, by way of a push button, a detent element can be moved so that the selector lever can be adjusted into different positions. In order to allow a restoring of the detent element to take place with as little noise as possible, the restoring movement is damped according to the invention. In a suitable manner, a visco-damper is used for this purpose.

Abstract: A first speed change lever is coupled to a take-up mechanism for causing the take-up mechanism to pivot for changing gears of the bicycle transmission in response to movement of the first speed change lever from a first position to a second position in the direction of a first axis. A second speed change lever is coupled to the take-up mechanism for causing the take-up mechanism to pivot for changing gears of the bicycle transmission in response to movement of the second speed change lever from a third position to a second position in the direction of a second axis that is different from the first axis. In a particular embodiment, the first axis is disposed generally parallel to the bicycle handlebar when the apparatus is mounted to the handlebar, and the second axis is disposed generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the bicycle.

Abstract: A positioning device (10, 10') including a mounting base (16), a yaw assembly (18) for imparting yaw movement relative to the mounting base (16) and a pitch assembly (22) for imparting pitch movement relative to the mounting base (16) is disclosed. The yaw assembly (18) comprises a yaw table (20) rotatably mounted to the mounting base (16) and the pitch assembly (22) comprises a pitch wheel (24) rotatably mounted to the yaw table (20). The positioning device (10, 10') includes a pitch motor (28) located on the yaw table (20) for rotating the pitch wheel (24) relative to the yaw table (20) and a yaw motor (38) located on the yaw table (20) for rotating the yaw table (20) relative to the mounting base (16).

Abstract: A motor vehicle steering wheel including a hub, a longitudinal bore in the hub which receives a distal end of a steering shaft, a lateral bore in the hub which intersects the longitudinal bore, a cross bolt, and a plastic sleeve on a plastic shroud on the steering wheel which secures the cross bolt in a temporary position to the steering wheel. The plastic sleeve resiliently grips a screw-threaded barrel of the cross bolt and a pilot of the cross bolt partially obstructs the longitudinal bore in hub. The distal end of the steering shaft cams aside the pilot when the distal end is inserted in the longitudinal bore. The connection of the plastic sleeve to the shroud snaps the pilot of the cross bolt into a lateral notch in the distal end of the steering shaft to signal complete penetration of the distal end into the longitudinal bore in the hub.

Abstract: A drive device for a power working vehicle has a transmission case for a hydrostatic pressure type continuously variable transmission which includes a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor, the case having a narrow portion and a wide portion with a step being formed on one side of the transmission case. The hydrostatic pressure type continuously variable transmission is mounted to the narrow portion, so that it is accommodated within the height of the step. A differential is provided at the wide portion for differentially operating left and right axles, and a reducing gear mechanism extends from the narrow portion to the wide portion for transmitting an output from the continuously variable transmission to the differential through a multi-stage reduction. Thus, the output from the continuously variable transmission can be transmitted to the left and right axles through a reduction at a plurality of stages, and the structure of the drive device for the power working vehicle may be made simpler and more compact.

Abstract: A jar opener including a rigid housing having a horizontal top wall, a horizontal bottom wall, and a space therebetween and with the bottom wall further having a gripping surface for gripping a bottom of a jar that is placed thereupon; an elongated horizontal traveling plate disposed within the space at a location above the gripping surface of the bottom wall; a revolvable wheel coupled to the traveling plate at a location above the gripping surface of the bottom wall and with the wheel also having a gripping surface for gripping a lid on the jar; a first drive mechanism engaged with the traveling plate for allowing its lowering for placement of the gripping surface of the wheel in contact with a lid on the jar; and a second drive mechanism engaged with the wheel for allowing its revolution for loosening the lid on the jar.

Abstract: A torque wrench device has a torque wrench structure which includes a substantially tubular handle, a head pivotally secured to on end of the handle through a pivot pin, a toggle link connected to the head, a thruster coupled to the head through the toggle link, and a spring which resiliently urges the thruster towards the head. The device also has a clamp mechanism which is provided on an end of the head of the torque wrench structure and capable of clamping stem portions of a variety of types of wrenches by a resilient force exerted by a spring. The torque wrench structure may have an adapter support portion formed on one end of the head integrally therewith. In such a case, the torque wrench structure can be used together with an adapter engaged and held by the adapter support portion in such a manner as to allow adjustment of the position of the fulcrum at which the adapter is held by the torque wrench structure.

Abstract: An extractor tool for manually loosening and extracting a climber's camming device from a crevice in a rock, for example. The tool includes a barrel having one or more hooks on one end and a plunger within the barrel. The tool can be attached to the handle of a camming device within a crevice and the plunger can be operated so as to cause the cams of the camming device to become retracted to thereby free the camming device from the crevice.

Abstract: A trimming apparatus (10) for removing the dome scrap (152) from a blow, molded bottle (150) is described. The apparatus includes an advancement wheel (12) and a rotation wheel (14) mounted on opposite sides of a path (16) formed by upper guide rails (18 and 20), lower guide rails (22 and 24) and the wheels. A knife assembly (62) is adjustably mounted beneath the advancement wheel and includes a knife blade (64) which extends into the path slightly in front of the area tangent to the wheels. The wheels are connected to drive motors (26 and 28). In use, the bottle is fed into the path such that the upper guide rails engage each side of the groove (152A) of the dome scrap. As the bottle moves into the apparatus, the advancement wheel engages the groove to move the bottle into the path between the wheels. When the bottle reaches the area of the path tangent to the wheels, the rotation wheel contacts the groove.

Abstract: A bar feed assembly for receiving and guiding a bar stock to be machined in a lathe, comprises a tubular member for rotatably receiving and guiding the bar stock to be machined and a member for advancing the bar stock through the tubular members. A plurality of stabilizing bodies are provided along said tubular member in spaced apart relation and each has a compliant surface disposed in surrounding relation to the tubular member in a manner which permits axial thermal growth of the tubular members through the stabilizing bodies.

Abstract: A zipper for a reclosable bag includes an elongated male and female profile. The female profile has first and second legs parallel to each other to form a channel there between. The first leg has a plurality of portions removed to form a series of breaks in the first leg along the length, and the second leg is substantially continuous in dimension along the length. The male profile is constructed for engaging the channel and interlocking with the first and second legs. The zipper is made by a rotary punching mechanism having L-shaped punches insertable in between the first and second legs.

Abstract: An auto cycle pump in accordance with the invention includes a housing having a reservoir for storing hydraulic fluid. A hydraulic pump in the housing provides hydraulic flow. A directional valve has neutral, advance and retract positions to respectively restrict hydraulic flow, direct hydraulic flow to an advance port and direct hydraulic flow to a retract port, the ports for hydraulic connection to the hydraulic tool, in use. Fluid conduits are provided connecting the pump and reservoir to the directional valve. A flow switch detects return flow from the directional valve to the reservoir. A pressure sensor sense hydraulic pressure from the pump. A dump valve is operatively connected to the pump for directing hydraulic flow back to the reservoir when the directional valve is in the neutral position. A control is operatively connected to the pump, the directional valve, the flow switch and the pressure sensing means for controlling operation of the auto cycle pump in automatic mode of operation.

Abstract: A linear actuator has an actuator body having a through hole defined axially therein and an opening defined in an upper surface thereof, a pair of end blocks, a slide table reciprocally movable in the directions indicated by the arrows X, Y, a pair of cylindrical members coupled to the end blocks, respectively, and having respective passages communicating with fluid outlet/inlet ports, respectively, defined in the actuator body, a joint member movable in unison with the slide table, a pair of cover members held in surface-to-surface contact with the joint member in confronting relation to each other and hermetically surrounding outer circumferential surfaces of the cylindrical members, for sliding displacement in unison with the slide table, and a pair of pressure chambers defined by the cylindrical members and the cover members and closed by the cover members, the pressure chambers communicating with passages in the cylindrical members.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the need for a liner with a hard inner surface and a machinable outer surface for use in a pump for abrasive or corrosive materials. According to one embodiment, the present invention provides technical advantages not previously seen in a corrosive or abrasive fluid pump liner comprising a cylindrical sleeve and a cylindrical shell around the sleeve, the shell comprising iron.

Abstract: A motorized self-stirring cooking device for a container (8) that includes a handle (16) attached to the outside of the container (8) is provided. The self-stirring cooking device comprises: a back-tapered projection (36) on the bottom inner surface (14) of the container; a vertical shaft (46) with a blade (52) attached normally thereto, a tab(54) of the blade(52) in rotational communication with the projection (36); a motor assembly(62) for rotating the vertical shaft (46) and blade (52); connection mechanism for positioning the motor assembly (62) from the rim (10) of the container (8) over the opening of the container (8) in a cantilevered fashion; and a power cord (90) for supplying electricity. The motor assembly (62) further includes a low voltage motor (68), a gearbox (70), a pair of orthogonal bevel gears (72), (74), a current limiting electronic unit (80), and a speed control knob (82).

Abstract: A deep fat fryer is disclosed that employs an interior array of heat exchanger tubes arranged in a "U" configuration along the sides and back of the vat. The heat exchanger tubes are located in the interior of the vat with the ends attached to the front vat wall. Combusting fuel and oxygen are directed through the heat exchanger tubes using either a premix burner located at one end of each tube or by using an atmospheric burner generally adjacent to one end of each tube and inducing a draft through each tube. The combustion gases produced by the burners travel through the heat exchanger tubes and exit into a combustion channel. The combustion channel directs the gases exiting the heat exchanger tube around and in contact with at least a portion of the exterior wall of the vat and then to an exhaust flue at the rear of the vat.

Abstract: An automated deep fat frying apparatus comprises a plurality of cooking vats in a housing having a filter pan pump assembly. The apparatus has an oil distribution system and a control system having a computer programmed to operate and control oil transfer functions. Motor operated drain and return valves with position sensors are installed on each vat in the oil distribution system and operated by the control system to provide an automatic filter function and an oil transfer function whereby oil is drained from a first vat and transferred to a second vat according to selection inputs from the operator. The system includes operator selectable automated fill and dispose functions. In addition to valve position sensors, the system includes oil level sensors in the vats and filter pan, a pan position sensor and may include level sensors in a supply or dispose tank tied in to the control system which prevent mishaps during oil transfer operations.

Abstract: A gas barbecue having a rectangular body, gas control means, a cooking grill, and a burner assembly. The burner assembly includes an elongate tube burner and a generally L-shaped tube burner having a primary tube member and a secondary tube member intersecting the primary tube member thereby forming the general L shape. The free end of the secondary tube member is positioned in close proximity to the elongate tube burner such that the ignition of the elongate tube burner causes cross-ignition of the L-shaped tube burner when gas is supplied thereto.

Abstract: An attachment for a kettle portable barbecue grill which apparatus serves to provide a fixed tray or shelf extending horizontally from the rear edge of the top of the kettle's bowl. The attachment does not modify the grill per se, and is attached to its exterior at three places: at two spread apart points along the front wheel axle and to the rear handle or rear "lip" of the bowl. The attachment includes a generally U-shaped frame that includes two arm sections that straddle the grill and extend at about 50 degrees to the horizontal from the front axle to which they are affixed. The arms extend upwardly and rearwardly to the rear of the top of the bowl. These arms are then bent to be horizontal and run parallel to one another for a short distance to serve to support the surface of the tray or shelf and are then turned toward one another and united to form a rear handle. The frame includes a cross member at the front of the shelf and means for attaching that member to the rear handle or "lip" of the bowl.

Abstract: The present invention is a sunlight reducing cover for intake and exhaust louvers on a food crop storage building. The invention also decreases the likelihood of ice formation or dirt fouling of the building louvers. The invention interfits within a frame, which is installed over the louvers, preferably inside the building. The invention is generally comprised of a free-flowing, air permeable, plurality of passageways. Each passageway having a first and a second end, with the passageways being of offset configuration wherein the first end is offset from the second end to an extent that a linear path does not exist between the two ends. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is generally comprised of a plurality of panels of generally wave form. The invention is manufactured by attaching the top surface of one panel to the bottom surface of another panel in such a fashion that the period of the wave form of each panel is 180.degree.

Abstract: Food sterilizing apparatus of the present invention includes an air curtain forming means for producing a steam air curtain which prevents ambient air flow into a pressure regulating chamber and a heating and sterilizing chamber. Further, a pressurized fluid tank is fluid connected via a pipe to a pressurized fluid source and the pressure regulating chamber, so that the inner pressure of the pressure regulating chamber can be rapidly increased.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multiple-row egg breaking and separating machine in which the egg contents and egg shells are passed adjacent one another through an inspection station at which the contents of the egg can be rejected because the shell or contents are contaminated, defective or abnormal. The present invention is particularly useful for high-speed breaking operations, yet still allows the inspector to view all the parts of the eggs for possible rejection of the egg contents. The present invention is particularly suited for automatic scanning of egg shells and contents, and eliminates possible U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) objections to prior art multiple-row egg breaking machines.

Abstract: A peeler uses parallel inclined valleys in a cylindrical interior surface to serve as channels. The parallel valleys are between parallel ridges or ribs. A rotary disk having a series of bumps and an abrasive surface is rotated so as to abrasively remove an outer portion of agricultural products. The debris corresponding to removed portions is urged downwardly and out a peripheral debris exit by the ridges as rotation takes place. A wear rim around the disk has an upper surface and the debris exit is between the wear rim and the interior surface. The interior surface is on a liner having a lower surface. The upper surface of the wear rim is no greater than 1/4 inch higher than a lower edge of the liner such that a restricted passage therebetween has a height no greater than 1/4 inch. An expansion zone is just below the restricted passage.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for feeding, bundling and transporting a stream of sheets, such as printed sheets in signature form. A vertical stacking machine stacks a stream of signatures and then clamps, compresses and straps the signatures into a bundle for transportation and delivery. The machine has a pair of improved bar clamps for preventing sheet drift during compression and strapping. The clamps attach each bar to a driving mechanism in a cantilevered fashion. Each bar is only attached to the driving mechanism at the top and/or the center portion of the bar. The opposite, bottom end of each bar is free of attachment to the driving mechanism. As a result, a critical obstruction is removed.

Abstract: An embossing machine includes a frame, a top magnet, die disk, and a bottom magnet. The top magnet has a top die cavity, a fixed hook, a handle and a bracket on the upper portion, and a bottom die cavity in the lower portion, wherein the top die cavity has a step circular surface which has a plurality of sliced screw holes formed in the top circumference and has a first elastic element disposed therein. The top magnet attracts a top die engaged with the top die cavity through a key and a key way formed thereof, wherein the top magnet has a bolt fixed therein and a second elastic element disposed inside. The die disk is engaged with the bolt on the top magnet, wherein the die disk has a gear fixed thereon and a plurality of sliced screw holes formed on the circumference for engaging with the top die cavity. The die disk further has an adjusting bolt which has a thorough opening therein to engage with the bolt on the top magnet, wherein the adjusting bolt has a bushing, a washer and a screw disposed at one end.

Abstract: A stencil printing drum comprises: a rotary cylindrical drum including an ink non-passage region, an ink passage region surrounded by the ink non-passage region, and an axis around which the rotary cylindrical drum rotates; an ink supplying roller whose axis of rotation is in parallel with the axis of the rotary cylindrical drum, the ink supplying roller being brought into contact with the inner cylindrical surface of the rotary cylindrical drum to push a printing ink out of the rotary cylindrical drum through the ink passage region; and an ink non-passage strip formed along the border between the ink non-passage region and the ink passage region except the start end portion thereof as viewed in the direction of rotation of the rotary cylindrical drum, in such a manner that the ink non-passage strip protrudes radially inwardly of the rotary cylindrical drum.

Abstract: A process for perforating a stencil sheet comprising a thermoplastic resin film is disclosed which process comprises melting predetermined portions of the thermoplastic resin film with the heat from heat-generating elements to form perforations while applying a pressure to the film and under such a condition that the film is spaced away from the heat-generating elements by a close distance. According to the process of the invention, perforations through which ink passes smoothly can be formed in a stencil sheet using a thermal head and thus clear images can be obtained.

Abstract: A continuously operative printing machine and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The printing machine has a plurality of switchable printing units to be used selectively by switching. For continuous printing the printing units are switched alternately by coupling and decoupling first coupling/decoupling means while a continuous printing web is held running. Plate change of stationary printing units is done with independent drive means to be ready for the next printing. Then the stationary printing units are restored to the printing state through synchronous control by rotational control means. Thus plate change printing or the like can be carried out continuously without stopping the printing machine. In addition, high quality printing can be obtained efficiently. Further, it is possible to obtain double side printing.

Abstract: A printing press is provided with at least one counterpressure cylinder and with at least one printing roller cantilevered at one end in the rolling stand and at least one inking roller or screen roller of an inking system cantilevered at one end in the rolling stand, where the bearings of the printing roller and screen roller travel, in guide mechanisms, relative to the counterpressure cylinder. In order to ensure that the printing executed by means of the end region of the cantilevered impression cylinder is also perfect, a plate is coupled to the rolling stand, which plate is provided with bearings in order to accommodate the journals of the free ends of the printing and screen rollers. In this regard, the plate can be swung to either a retracted position, in which the cantilevered rollers are freely accessible, or to a operating position, where the journals of the free ends of the rollers are carried by the plate.