Abstract: An SMD-C type terminal automatically pressing machine comprising a support frame, a wire reel rack, a wire clipping mold, an embossing mold, a shearing mold, a material feeding device, a first wire shifting clamp, a second wire shifting clamp and a rectifying mold. The wire clipping mold, embossing mold and shearing mold sequentially process a wire track pulled out from the wire reel mounted on the wire reel rack and performing the pin insertion operation. Thereafter, the first wire shifting clamp first completes the wire shifting operation with respect to the lower half portion of the inserted terminal. Then the material feeding device sends the terminal, in which the lower half portion has been completely shifted, to the second working area. Then the second wire shifting clamp performs the wire shifting operation with respect to the upper half portion of the terminal.

Abstract: A tool facilitating removal of brake shoe hold down springs from a brake assembly including a handle with a bent shaft extending therefrom having a tip with C-shaped gap, having symmetrically-opposed end profiles, therein which retains the spring lead.

Abstract: A tool to remove a retaining ring at least partially received in a groove of a cylinder has a handle lever constructed to engage the open end of the cylinder and a claw lever having a hooked end or claw constructed to be received at least partially underneath the retaining ring with the claw lever pivotally connected to the handle lever permitting relative movement between the two levers. The pivotal connection between the handle lever and claw lever permits them to be separated and joined together in a scissor-like fashion to facilitate engaging the claw with the retaining ring. When engaged with the retaining ring, the tool is pivoted about the cylinder to displace the claw and thereby displace the retaining ring inwardly and upwardly of the groove to remove it from the cylinder. The tool permits easy and non-destructive removal of the retaining ring and requires relatively low force and a relatively low level of skill to remove the retaining ring from the cylinder.

Abstract: An insertion tool for inserting a backup ring and an O-ring into a gland. The tool includes a body having a recess for containing the backup ring and the O-ring. The tool further includes a pusher movably mounted adjacent to the body. The pusher is moveable in a first direction and a second direction. The pusher includes a pulling device for pulling the backup ring and the O-ring in the first direction. The pusher further includes a pushing device for pushing the backup ring and the O-ring in the second direction into the gland.

Abstract: The invention relates to insertion tools. Insertion tools are known to be used to secure a threaded insert to a plate-like member, to receive a threaded stem or stud of another component that needs to be attached to the plate-like member. The object of the invention is to allow a male threaded stud to be attached to a plate-like member. The objective is met by a tool that comprises a pair of handles pivotally attached to each, a drawbar in engagement with one handle to the opposite side of the pivot to the hand grip, the drawbar extending out of the other handle to lie within a guide tube attached to the said other handle, an extension tube attached to the support tube, an extension piece to the drawbar having a threaded end section at one end to engage a threaded hole in the end of a drawbar and having a threaded bore at the opposite end to receive a threaded stem intended to be attached on or in a support.

Abstract: A stent crimping tool for firmly and uniformly crimping a stent onto a balloon catheter is constructed from a crimping section holding the stent and the balloon catheter therein, wherein the crimping is actuated by a shaft having an input end and an output end, engaging the crimping section at the output end. The shaft has a detent formed into the input end. A gripping member has an internal cavity to receive the input end, and includes a hole proximate to the shaft, wherein a ball bearing and a compression spring are located within the hole to bias the ball bearing toward the shaft and to engage the detent. When a torque is applied to the gripping member, it is transmitted through the ball bearing to the shaft; if the torque exceeds a predetermined magnitude, it overcomes the force of the spring on the ball bearing causing the bearing to slide out of the detent thereby disconnecting the applied torque from the shaft. The crimping section can be a rubber tube having a lumen holding the stent and catheter.

Abstract: A sequence of manufacturing operations performed to manufacture products (22) may be analyzed and modified, as appropriate, by first encoding the operations into tokens, each indicative of a separate operation (and its attributes). The tokens are then assembled into strings, each representing the operations on an individual product. A pattern scanner and recognizer (26) reads each string to recognize whether one or more prescribed token patterns are present. Based on the token patterns that are recognized, a rule is established representing a variation in the sequence of manufacturing operations. After the rule is established, the sequence of manufacturing operations is modified accordingly.

Abstract: A method for making a lid with a spout is disclosed. The spout is affixed in an opening of the lid by injection molding the lid about the spout while the spout is held in place in the injection mold. The steps of molding the lid and affixing the spout to the lid are performed at the same time without the detriments of conventional ultrasonic welding. Preferably, a core insertion member is used in a movable base mold and a cavity insertion member is used in a fixed base mold to hold the spout in place and to mold the lid thereabout.

Abstract: An automated apparatus for removing rivets connecting a brake lining to a brake shoe is provided. One aspect of the invention includes a frame structure to which a brake shoe support assembly containing a plurality of curved supports is attached through a spring biased guide means. The brake shoe support assembly is rotatable through use of a stepper motor so rows of rivets on the brake shoe can be aligned with the rivet punch bits of the apparatus. The punch bits are mounted in a punch block that is rigidly attached to the frame structure. The punch block contains at least one module that that can be moved transversely with respect to the brake shoe so that the punch bits in the punch block can be aligned with the different columns of rivets on the brake shoe. A press assembly pushes the brake shoe clamped to the brake shoe support assembly against the bias from the spring biased guide onto the punch block so that the rivets are removed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of removing punch rivets, which are set into a workpiece and have a male die end for driving the punch rivet and an opposite female die end which penetrates the workpiece. A pin is placed with its front end onto the male die end so as substantially to cover the latter and, with a simultaneous supply of energy through the pin, heats the contact area between pin and male die end up to a fusion temperature in the contact area, whereupon after cooling of the contact area the pin is retracted counter to the pressure of an abutment supported on the workpiece and carries along the punch rivet which is thereby withdrawn from the workpiece.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the packaging and installation of a soft vertical blind incorporating a plurality of elongated vertical louvers and an integral, sheer curtain face. The packaging system facilitates the process of securely shipping a soft vertical blind in a box, while preventing damage to the curtain fabric that is connected to the louvers. Injection-molded plastic installation clips are configured to nest inside each other and to clip into apertures provided adjacent to the top ends of each louver. When coupled to a threaded shipping rod, the installation clips act as a clamp to secure the louvers of the soft vertical blind. Polyethylene packaging spacers with slots configured to hold individual louvers are placed periodically along the length of the blind to further secure the louvers during shipping. Select components of the packaging system are also used as components in a hanger assembly to facilitate the installation of the soft vertical blind to a mounted headrail.

Abstract: A seal member to be fitted on a shaft portion of a rotor is engaged with the front end of a center piece to be fixed on the front end of an automatic machine such as a robot or the like. A slide portion is moved so that the seal member is fixed by a chuck claw. While compressed air is jetted from an air passage of the center piece, the seal member is fitted on the shaft portion. The air passage consists of cylindrical holes and can be easily formed by a hole-forming machine or lathe.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a non-piercing, non-shearing fastener, die button, fastener and panel assembly and method for installing the fastener. The fastener has a head with a flange and barrel which define a retention area and barrel cavity. The retention area receives a portion of the panel and the barrel cavity receives a portion of the panel to lock panel material into the retention area and wrap panel material around the barrel.

Abstract: A striker for use in a door latch apparatus comprises a base made of a normal-strength steel plate having a strength of 30 to 40 kg/mm.sup.2 and a U-shaped member made of a high-strength steel rod having a strength equal to or higher than 70 kg/mm.sup.2. The U-shaped member has inner and outer flanges, between which the base is firmly sandwiched. The inner flanges are formed without being heated. The U-shaped member is fixed to the base after hardened and tempered. After the U-shaped member is connected with the base, the base is not hardened or is not tempered.

Abstract: The invention relates to an axially-swaged male end fitting assembly compatible with a standard 24.degree. cone flareless female fitting. The fitting may be fabricated from a sleeve and a tube that are axially swaged within a tool assembly. The sleeve includes a rounded shoulder, a partially conical nose, and a cylindrical inner surface. The inner surface includes a groove at the tip of the nose, and another groove positioned axially close enough to the shoulder to be radially deformed during axial swaging. The tool assembly includes a swaging tool, a female die and a ring die. The female die includes a tapered surface positioned and sized to preset the nose into the tube. The female die also has a surface confronting the sleeve shoulder, for controlling the amount of preset that occurs. The ring die includes a tapered surface positioned and sized to swage the shoulder into the tube.

Abstract: Tool assembly for riveting parts, comprising: a first and a second frame (2, 5) capable of being mounted on a shaped structure "C" or on separate robot arms (60, 61); a pair of sheet-holding devices (3, 6) each mounted on one of the frames and at least one of each is provided with a device (11) for displacing it relative to the corresponding chassis with a force corresponding to the clamping provided for holding the parts to be riveted during drilling; at least one drill (20, 21) mounted on a frame, a device (41) for placing a rivet (40) in a hole drilled by the drill, this device being carried by a frame; a percussion riveting hammer (51) carried by a frame and an associated counter-piece (54) carried by the other frame, integral with a reaction dolly (52). The elements carried by each frame are all capable of being displaced between an active position and a rest position.

Abstract: A stator coil finish wire is wedged between the wound coil from which it extends and the stator core at a stator winding station. To accomplish this, a loop is formed in the finish lead and trapped between cooperating surfaces to frictionally resist the wire loop being pulled out by the wire gripper of a lead pull assembly. The wire gripper moves in directions to remove the loop and to wedge the stretch of the lead wire extending through the stator core between the coil and the core. This procedure is advantageously used when winding stators which do not have terminal boards.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing collectors, in particular flat collectors for electric machines. The individual connection elements (2) are at first directly shaped by crowding in a substantially non-machined raw conductive material (1) with their final contour and size and in their final ductile state. For that purpose, a warm forming process is used. The raw material (1) is warmed before the connection elements (2) are formed so that it does not significantly consolidate while the connection elements (2) are formed by crowding, and forming is then carried out in the warm state. In addition, a pot-shaped blank (3) may be shaped, preferably in a cold forming step, for example with inner shaped anchoring elements (6) for an insulating lining. Recesses (9) may be shaped by crowding on the cylindrical envelope (4) of the pot-shaped blank (3). These recesses are associated to the segment divisions and extend almost down to the bottom (5) of the pot-shaped blank (3).

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a heat exchanger core during a manufacturing process is disclosed. The core includes a first and second side support member disposed on opposite sides of an assembly of a plurality of interleaved tubes and fins and fluid manifolds on opposite ends of the tubes. The apparatus includes a pair of nested clamps. One clamp is disposed over the side supports and the second is disposed over the fluid manifolds. The clamps are easily placed over the core and easily removed after brazing.

Abstract: A system for mounting circuit components on a circuit substrate, including a circuit-substrate supporting device which supports the circuit substrate, a circuit-component mounting device which mounts, at a circuit-component mounting position, the circuit components on the circuit substrate supported by the circuit-substrate supporting device, and a circuit-substrate carry-out device which receives, from the circuit-substrate supporting device, the circuit substrate with the circuit components being mounted thereon, and carries out the received circuit substrate, the circuit substrate being transferred from the circuit-substrate supporting device to the circuit-substrate carry-out device in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane of the circuit substrate.

Abstract: A tool for implementing a non-destructive separation of electrical components from one another. The tool has a handle part and a pair of legs extending from the handle part with a certain spacing between distal ends of the legs. The leg end spacing corresponds to a distance between a pair of holes in one electrical component, e.g., holes in mounting flanges of an electrical device whose terminals are soldered on a wire board, or holes in a wire board that is joined to another wire board via mating pin connectors soldered on the boards. The leg ends are constructed to engage the one component once the leg ends are inserted in corresponding holes in the one component, and the handle part is arranged to be manipulated to separate the first component from the second component when the leg ends engage the one component.

Abstract: An annular insulator is positioned around a compliant contact section of a replacement contact pin for a header contact pin connector prior to insertion of the replacement contact pin through a header pin mounting hole and then both the replacement pin and the annular insulator being carried by the replacement pin are simultaneously pounded into snug received relationship within an associated pin receptor connector hole. A header contact pin repairing fixture has a plurality of size reducing holes for reducing the cross sectional dimension of the compliant section, one of which has an insulator end receiving opening for nesting receipt of a tapered wall at the end of the insulator to hold it in an upright orientation above and in alignment with the smallest sizing hole during insertion of the replacement pin into the insulator bore.

Abstract: A connecting member of circuit substrates includes an organic porous base material provided with tackfree films on both sides, through-holes disposed at requested places which are filled with conductive resin compound up to the surface of the tackfree films. This structure enables inner-via-hole connection and can therefore attain a connecting member of circuit substrates and an electrical connector of high reliability and high quality. By using a connecting member of circuit substrates including the organic porous base material provided with tackfree films on both sides and through-holes disposed at requested places which are filled with conductive resin compound up to the surface of the tackfree films, it is possible to form a high-multilayer substrate easily from double sided boards or four-layer substrates which can be manufactured rather stably.

Abstract: An alignment tool (44) is disclosed for aligning the conductors of a ribbon cable (12) to insulation displacement contacts (162, 168, 172) of a connector (16, 18, 14) during termination of the connector to the cable. The tool includes a body (46) having a fluted cable guiding surface (72, 74) and first and second connector receiving cutouts (66, 68) on opposite sides of the guide surface. A retaining plate (112) is hingedly attached to the body (46) and is arranged to releasable hold the ribbon cable (12) in located engagement with the fluted guide surface (72, 74). The retaining plate (112) enables the ribbon cable (12) to move longitudinally to position it for termination of a connector (14, 16, 18) without loosening the retaining plate (112) and without disturbing the alignment of the ribbon cable.

Abstract: A method is disclosed which is for assembling to an automotive instrument panel a meter module having incorporated therein meters, their control circuits. On an outer wall (9a) of a meter module (A) is provided a guide projection (10) extending in a fitting direction. On a ceiling wall (12a) of a meter-module receiving portion (12) of an instrument panel (P) is provided a guide recess (13) for receiving therein the guide projection (10). The meter module (A) is received into the meter-module receiving portion (12), with the guide projection (10) inserted in the guide recess (13), followed by coupling connectors (5a) on the part of the meter module (A) and connectors (16) attached to a wiring harness (15) together. The working efficiency during assembly of meter modules to a vehicle is improved, while contributing to a reduction in weight of meter modules.

Abstract: In a fixing device for an image forming apparatus, a heat roller includes a hollow cylindrical base, a heating layer formed of strip-like fibers implementing desired power consumption, and a parting layer provided on the outer periphery of the heating layer with the intermediary of an electrical insulating layer. The strip-like fibers of the heating layer are wound on the base and provided with a preselected resistance.

Abstract: A method of assembling a work machine, such as a skid steer loader, includes manufacturing a lower frame assembly with a pair of laterally spaced side rails which extend along the entire length of the lower frame assembly and a pair of spaced engine mounts distanced from the side rails. Then, manufacturing an upper frame assembly with a pair of laterally spaced side members which extend along the entire length of the upper frame assembly. A rear end portion of an engine is then mounted to the pair of engine mounts. The upper frame assembly is then mounted to the lower frame assembly by connecting the respective side members exclusively to the respective side rails to define a main frame assembly. A bumper assembly is then mounted to the main frame assembly through a connection with the lower frame assembly and includes an engine stabilizer. Finally, a front end portion of the engine is then connected to the bumper assembly at the engine stabilizer.

Abstract: A combustion chamber housing for use in an airbag deployment system has a tubular body portion having a length and defining a combustion chamber that is adapted to contain combustion materials and to contain gases produced from the combustion thereof. The body has an expanded region having an edge defining an opening. The edge and a portion of the body adjacent to the edge and extending longitudinally therefrom along the body is heat-treated and defines a heat-treated, strengthened region. A method for heat treating the housings is also disclosed.

Abstract: A groove forming process for forming at least one groove pattern on the outer diameter of a shaft for use in a hydrodynamic bearing of a spindle motor. First, the shaft is inserted between a pair of dies, at least one of which has a groove pattern thereon. Next, the shaft is positioned so that it is perpendicular to the groove pattern and at one end of the groove pattern. By lowering the upper die, the shaft is clasped between the dies. The shaft is then rolled in a first direction over the groove pattern by simultaneously applying pressure in a vertical direction and applying pressure in a first horizontal direction to one of the pair of dies so that the shaft rolls in the first direction. The shaft is then rolled in a second direction over the groove pattern by simultaneously applying pressure in a vertical direction and applying pressure in a second horizontal direction to one of the pair of dies so that the shaft rolls in the second direction.

Abstract: A device for stripping a cable having a body with a channel extending therethrough and a knife affixed to a narrow end of the body and having a cutting edge extending at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the body. The body has a generally constant diameter portion. The body tapers so as to narrow in diameter toward the narrow end. The channel opens at both ends of the body. The knife is affixed at a bottom of the channel at the narrow end. The acute angle is between 70 and 89 degrees. An insert element is rigidly affixed to the narrow end of the body. The knife is attached to the insert element. This insert element is non-movably attached to the narrow end of the body.

Abstract: This invention discloses an improved configuration for a hand propelled throwing projectile, combining elements of a throwing knife, a spear, a dart and an arrow. It includes a sharpened and pointed blade, a flight-stabilizing conical tail of flexible filaments, a rigid shaft between the blade and tail, and a blade holder between the blade and shaft which has a mass in relation to the entire projectile so that the projectile's center of gravity is located within the grip portion of the blade holder, which is contoured for gripping and throwing by at least two fingers. The projectile is thus gripped at its center of gravity, and the thrower's kinetic energy is imparted to it in the most efficient manner, as if the entire projectile were a mass point. The projectile is more easily thrown with accuracy and more reliably impaled in its target by users with minimal training and experience than a traditional throwing knife.

Abstract: A dust collecting shield for power tools including a housing adapted for coupling with a power tool. The housing has a generally semi-circular configuration. The housing is defined by a front face, a rear face, and an upper peripheral side wall therebetween. The housing has an open lower end. The front face has an opening therethrough. The rear face is adapted for coupling with a shaft of a power tool. The housing includes a lower peripheral side wall disposed inwardly of the upper peripheral side wall whereby a channel is disposed between the upper and lower peripheral side walls. The lower peripheral side wall has apertures through forward and rearward portions thereof exposing the channel. The upper peripheral side wall has an aperture therethrough exposing the channel. A tube extends outwardly of the aperture in the upper peripheral side wall of the housing. An upper end of the tube is adapted for coupling with a vacuum hose.

Abstract: A stripping tool for removing clothing, and the like, in emergency situations. The present tool allows for clothing to be stripped from a patient quickly, safely, and efficiently. The stripping tool may be pulled toward the operator of the tool for quickness and ease of use. A handle provided to be used within the operators palm creates an ergonomic, comfortable grip. The handle allows a blade to be pulled upward in a scissoring motion to start a cut in fabric. Therefore, thicker, and heavier fabric may be removed since an initial cut may be made.

Abstract: A line trimmer head assembly having a central hub and a body including an annular disc extending circumferentially radially outward from the central hub to removably receive the length of a uniform cross-section line. The disc member is provided with a pair of openings on the disc periphery through which a fixed line length is threaded. The interior portion of the disc is provided with at least two retainer clips having a hook shaped member with an incline ramp surface for cooperating with the portion of the line extending between the two openings. The line is held in place by tension which causes the line to travel down the ramp surface.

Abstract: Cutlery is disclosed having a relief of a blade of a cutting tool, in particular of a knife. A blade of the cutting tool comprises: a first side face and a second side face wherein the first side face contacts the second side face forming an acute angle and thereby a cutting edge. Sections of short microbevels (6, 7) and sections of long microbevels (4, 5) are arranged on the first side face and the second side face (2, 12) and form microtoothing arranged along the cutting edge and composed of a plurality of successive spaces (E), called cutting spaces (E). Cutting spaces (E) have at least a plurality of short microbevels (6, 7) arranged on the first side face (2) and at least a long microbevel (4, 5) arranged on the second side face (12) wherein the plurality of short microbevels (6, 7) are disposed on an opposite side of the blade as compared to a side where the long microbevel (4, 5) is disposed.

Abstract: A movable handle for a power tool. The power tool comprises a housing, a motor supported by the housing and operable to drive a tool element about an axis, and a handle supported by the housing for rotation relative to the housing about the axis. Preferably, the power tool is a circular saw. The circular saw further comprises a switch assembly supported on the handle for movement with the handle and means for connecting the switch to the motor to accommodate movement of the switch relative to the motor. The switch assembly is electrically connectable to the motor and selectively connects the motor to a power source, and the connecting means includes a wiring arrangement. The circular saw further comprises a locking assembly for locking the handle in a position relative to the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a safe and reliable method and apparatus for opening cylindrical metallic containers which cuts into the side of the cylindrical body of the can below the upper annular rim. The device of the present invention employs a specially adapted, angularly-positioned, tapered rotatable blade for performing the cutting operation. The use of a rotatable blade results in a clean non-jagged cut around the circumference of the container. The use of a rotatable, tapered blade to cut below the annular rim or seam of the container results in an inwardly-bent edge on the newly-cut lid having no sharp edges. This facilitates easy and worry free removal of the lid. In use, a can is placed in the device such that the knurled edge of an upper disc rests upon the top of the can. The rotatable side cutting blade is then moved such that it pierces the side of the can, just below the lip seal. The side cutting blade is locked into place, and the upper disc is rotated, thereby rotating the can.

Abstract: A method of outlining a swag body on fabric includes overlaying a first unadjustable template sheet formed of durable plastic over fabric and partially outlining top and bottom portions of the swag body on the fabric, removing the first template, and then overlaying a second unadjustable template sheet formed from durable plastic over the fabric and further outlining a side portion of the swag body. The first template includes top demarcation lines for outlining the top portion of traditional swag bodies and cut-out demarcation lines for outlining the top portion of cut-out swag bodies. The first template further includes corner demarcation lines for outlining an upper corner side portion of traditional swag bodies. Each demarcation line corresponds to a particular swag drop and demarcation lines include apertures corresponding to swag widths. The first template can thereby accommodate the formation of swag bodies having various swag dimensions of swag drop and swag width as well as various swag styles.

Abstract: An automatic optical plumbing instrument includes: an objective telescopically mounted at a front portion of a telescopic housing adjacent to an object to be observed, an ocular telescopically mounted at a rear portion of the housing adjacent to an observer's eye, and a transparent plumbing protractor defining a plumbing line thereon and mounted in the housing between the objective and the ocular, whereby upon entrance of a vertical line (or plane) of the object into the instrument to form an image therein, a verticality of the vertical line (or plane) of the object can be checked whether the vertical line is aligned with the plumbing line marked on the protractor, thereby providing a plumbing instrument for calibrating a verticality of the object.

Abstract: In an electronic level in which a leveling rod is collimated to convert the result of collimation into an image signal in the form of an electric signal and then graduated numerical values are automatically recognized as characters to thereby compute the collimated position, recognition cannot be made with small graduated numerical values when the distance between a telescope 1 and the leveling rod is large. If the graduated numerical values are enlarged, recognition can neither be made when the distance is small because the graduated numerical values go beyond the field of view. As a solution, two kinds of large and small graduated numerical values A, B are indicated on the leveling rod. From the pitches of graduation patterns M1, M2 in the image signals, the distance between the telescope and the leveling rod is obtained. Then, depending on the distance, the graduated numerical value to be recognized is selected out of the graduated numerical values A, B.

Abstract: Scraper for determining the position of pipelines with at least one scraper body and on the outer circumference of the latter are provided support elements for guiding in the pipeline, the scraper body containing a gyroscopic platform, as well as supply and processing means for measured results, characterized in that the scraper body is guidable by a combination of support elements under a defined, constant angle with respect to the pipe guidance axis, whereof a first part is radially rigid and a second part is radially resilient.

Abstract: A cartoon drawing apparatus for 16 F size drawing paper, includes an auxiliary positioning plate which can reconfigure the apparatus for 12 F size drawing paper. The cartoon drawing apparatus for 16 F size drawing papers includes a round drawing disk, a frosted glass, an upper and lower positioning rulers. The frosted glass is embedded in the drawing round disk for an artist to draw thereon. The upper and the lower positioning rulers have positioning protuberances for fixing 16 F drawing papers. The auxiliary positioning plate includes some insertion holes on the upper edge of a plane body. The plane body includes some protuberances on the lower edge of the plane body, so that when the insertion holes are slipped over the positioning protuberances on the upper positioning ruler, the distance between the protuberances on the lower edge of the plane body and their corresponding positioning protuberances on the lower positioning ruler exactly matches the fitting of 12 F drawing papers on the apparatus.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly setting gauge for use in an oil burner to gauge the optimal operating distance between a combustion head and a nozzle. The nozzle assembly setting gauge includes a holder for engaging the nozzle assembly and a head having a cross sectional thickness which defines the optimal operating distance. A technician installs the nozzle assembly setting gauge onto the nozzle assembly and fully inserts the nozzle assembly into oil burner until a front face of the nozzle assembly setting gauge contacts the combustion head. Next, the technician indicates the position of the nozzle assembly at this fully inserted position. The technician removes the nozzle assembly setting gauge and re-inserts the nozzle assembly to the indicated position.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus for inspecting a funnel assembly of a CRT which includes a glass funnel and a glass neck attached to the vertex of the funnel and an inspection method therefor, are provided. The inspection apparatus includes a frame having a support platform for supporting the funnel assembly with the neck directed upwards, a location setting unit for maintaining the funnel at a predetermined reference location on the support platform, a detection unit which is movably installed in the frame in radial direction with respect to the axis of the neck, including a plurality of probes each for contacting the outer surface of the neck to generate a signal, and a controller for controlling a movement of the probes and estimating a geometrical state of the neck with respect to the funnel based on the signal supplied from each of the probes. Thus, a geometrical state of a neck with respect to a funnel can he accurately estimated.

Abstract: A length measurement system for measuring the relative position of two objects in a given measuring direction comprises a scale carrier which carries a measurement scale and which is fastened to a first of the two objects and a scanning head which scans the measurement scale at a scanning location and is fastened to the second of the two objects. The scale carrier is constructed so as to be stiff in the longitudinal direction but can deflect in a springing manner vertical to the measuring direction and is fastened by only one of its ends to the first object, while its other end projects freely. The scale carrier is positively guided in the region of the scanning head.

Abstract: A retractable tape measure of basically conventional design is provided and includes a tape spool hub projecting slightly outwardly of one side of the tape measure housing. A conventional blade-type belt clip includes a free end portion which overlies the hub for frictional engagement therewith upon inward deflection of the clip free end portion by inward finger pressure applied to the outer side thereof. The abutment flange carried by the free end of the tape has the usual opening formed therethrough (previously provided to receive a brad or tack) and a sharp pointed hook is shiftably supported from the tape free end and projectable through the opening. The pointed hook may be manually forced through the opening for penetrating a penetrable surface against which the tape end abutment flange is abutted. The housing of the tape measure includes a spool mounted chalk line and internal opposing pads between which the chalk line passes for wiping excess chalk therefrom.

Abstract: Equipment provides more rapid drying of heating parts comprising hygroscopic, electric insulation made of cellulose and/or plastics. At least two condensers are present, one being used when heating the parts and the other in the distillation stage. As a result removal by distillation is possible any time during heating and during the time intervals when heating is interrupted and the pressure-dropping procedure is carried out in the vacuum vessel. Due to the second condenser (with a second, associated vacuum pump), the heating medium can be cleansed or distilled during the pressure-dropping procedure and simultaneously the suction or drying procedure can be carried out in the vacuum vessel. This feature leads to drying the electrical parts more rapidly than heretofore because the steps of drying the electrical parts and regenerating the heating medium no longer require being consecutive, but instead regeneration can be implemented simultaneously with the evacuation of the vicinity around the electrical parts.

Abstract: A vacuum dryer and a method of drying a semiconductor device using the same are provided. In the present invention, a vacuum dryer using isopropyl alcohol vapor, including an outer bath, an inner bath, a main water supply line, a supplementary water supply line, an inner bath drain line, and an outer bath drain line, is provided. After cleaning the inside of the vacuum dryer, the inner bath is filled with the supplied deionized water and the deionized water is continuously overflowed. Then, the semiconductor substrate is loaded into the inner bath of the vacuum dryer to which the deionized is continuously overflowed. The loaded semiconductor substrate is dried by supplying the isopropyl alcohol vapor to the inner bath into which the semiconductor substrate is loaded.

Abstract: This invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus having vacuum processing chambers the insides of which must be dry cleaned, and to a method of operating such an apparatus. When the vacuum processing chambers are dry-cleaned, dummy substrates are transferred into the vacuum processing chamber by substrates conveyor means from dummy substrate storage means which is disposed in the air atmosphere together with storage means for storing substrates to be processed, and the inside of the vacuum processing chamber is dry-cleaned by generating a plasma. The dummy substrate is returned to the dummy substrate storage means after dry cleaning is completed. Accordingly, any specific mechanism for only the cleaning purpose is not necessary and the construction of the apparatus can be made simple.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlling widthwise contraction of a conveyed web has opposing first web carrier belts and opposing second web carrier belts forming a generally serpentine transport path for supporting opposite lateral edges of the conveyed web.