Abstract: The invention provides an adjustable bed frame having a main support including head and foot ends. The support is movable between raised and lowered positions and independent first and second elevating mechanisms are coupled to the main support. The mechanisms are spaced from one another on the main support to carry the bed frame on a support surface. An electrical supply system provides power to actuate the mechanisms to change the height of the main support above the support surface and a controller is coupled to the supply system to selectively activate the first and second elevating mechanisms to move the main support between raised and lowered positions. DC motors and worm drives are used independently to drive the elevating mechanisms and stops are provided at the raised and lowered positions to ensure that the main support is horizontal in the raised and lowered positions.

Abstract: A moveable pedicure table for combination with a reclining facial bed as provided having a table frame with side portions and a central open portion. Legs extend downward from the frame and rollers are attached to the legs for movement along a horizontal ground or floor surface. Projections extend inward into the central open area from the sides of the table frame. The projections are constructed for supporting a pedicure basin at a predetermined height. A connector mechanism is attached to the table frame for detachable engagement with a facial bed.

Abstract: An articulated bed assembly includes a stationary frame structure to which an upper body support section and a lower body support section are pivotably mounted for movement between raised and lowered positions. An actuator arrangement includes an actuator member which is adapted for extension and retraction in response to operation of an operating arrangement such as a drive motor. The actuator member is interconnected with the upper body support section through a drive member for raising and lowering the upper body support section in response to extension and retraction of the actuator member. An operating mechanism is interconnected between the actuator member and the lower body support section for lifting and lowering the lower body support section in response to extension and retraction of the actuator member. The operating mechanism includes a linkage arrangement defining a first link pivotably mounted to the stationary frame assembly and a second link pivotably mounted to the actuator member.

Abstract: The use of particulate stuffings such as down or fiberfill in the construction of orthopaedic pillows has previously been limited due to formidable intrinsic difficulties: On a curved wedge of support, with natural turning movement of the sleeper, fiberfill will tend to “avalanche” downhill, settle and pack down to obliterate any initial toricity or inflected curvature. Hence the sleeper is awakened to refluff or to punch the missing inflection back into place. Though simple internal partitioning can initially delay the scenario, in due course nuisance fiber sequestering and impeded normal hand refluffing are the results. The present invention focuses on structurally overcoming these impediments to the orthopaedic use of particulate fillings. It notably provides a pillow that manifests to the sleeper as downy soft, and comfortingly restful.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a neck rest moulded from a foamed material and having a rear pillow portion of a generally tubular configuration and two generally parallel laterally extending support sections extend at right angles from the front face at each end of said pillow portion. The opposing inner surfaces of the support are curved to form a keyhole shaped space between the support sections sized to permit the neck rest to comfortable fit around a person's neck without feeling yoked. The top surfaces and bottom surfaces of said support sections are preferably flat with rounded, the top surface of the pillow portion is higher than the top surfaces of the support sections and is curved to fit comfortable against the nape of the users neck. A flocking material is applied to the exterior surfaces of the neck rest.

Abstract: A travel pillow is disclosed, having a compact size and a U-shape for cradling the head and neck of a user while sitting in repose in a high backed chair or seat. The travel pillow comprises a casing stuffed with a fill material, and an opening in the casing allowing the user to add or remove fill material in order to adjust the firmness of the pillow. The fill material is biologically inert and the travel pillow is completely washable. The pillow's casing is constructed of two similarly sized fabric members, one of which has the opening in it. When filled, the travel pillow has a substantially uniform cross section through most of the pillow's U-shape.

Abstract: A support pad or pillow for supporting the head in a face down, prone position, the pad having a face recess providing a breathing void and at least one air flow conduit extending from the face recess through the body of the support pad to the exterior to provide fresh ambient air to the face recess area, where the air flow conduit contains rigid support means to prevent the conduit from being compressed, restricted or closed by the weight of the user's head, and a filter to block particulate matter from entering the air flow conduit.

Abstract: A seat cushion which increases the surface area contacting the patient's skin, and which conforms evenly to the skin over the skin/surface interface. A seat cushion includes a flat layer of foam that is temperature sensitive and which has rate-dependent deflection which provides maximal hysteric dampening and maximal tissue/surface interface contact. Different stiffnesses of foam are used under key areas to allow support and at the same time to allow the tissue to reach mechanical equilibrium. The maximal surface contact will apply constant low pressure to the tissues, thus reducing the shear force and the risk of tissue injury.

Abstract: A safety crib sheet and a safety crib sheet mattress assembly to reduce the risk of infant smothering and strangulation. Pieces of material are sewn such that the resulting sheet can not be installed or dislodged from the mattress without substantially destroying the sheet or deforming the mattress. In one embodiment, a mattress is formed in two subsections coupled along a fold line. The mattress must be folded in half along the fold line to install or dislodge the sheet. In another embodiment, a conventional crib mattress is used with a sheet that covers a substantial portion of the underside of the mattress and is sufficiently unelastic that the mattress must be significantly bent at least at the corners to permit the sheet to be installed or dislodged.

Abstract: A method and system for separating oil form oil-absorbent materials for recycle of the oil and the materials. The method comprises placing the oil absorbent material on a grid over a catch basin to drain, then centrifuging the material to remove additional excess oil. The excess oil is processed to separate water, grit, dirt, metal chips and shavings from it so that it can be sent to a refinery. The materials are drycleaned in doubly distilled drycleaning fluid to remove additional oil so that the materials can be reused.

Abstract: In an electric toothbrush having a body forming a handle containing a drive, an arm and a head which extend in prolongation of that arm and which are provided with a brush including a circular plate of clumps of bristles and which is driven in rotation about an orthogonal axis by a motion transmission device coupled to a motor shaft driven by the drive, the circular plate has a central region having a first predetermined number of clumps of bristles whose free ends are located in a same plane P1, a peripheral region 16 having a second predetermined number of clumps of bristles whose free ends 18 are located within the plane P1 and a plane P2 located below the plane P1, as well as an intermediate region with a third predetermined number of clumps of bristles whose free ends are located in the plane P2.

Abstract: A toothbrush (200, 1000) includes a handle (205, 1005), a head (201, 1001) and an arrangement of bristles (207, 1007) projecting outwardly from a bristle-bearing surface (209, 1009) of the head. Each bristle includes a projecting portion and terminates in a tip end. The bristles include a middle group (217, 1017) and two end groups (218, 219; 1018, 1019). The middle group is disposed between the two end groups and separates the two end groups. The tip ends of the middle group of bristles lie substantially in a common plane to define a brushing surface (301) overlying a substantial portion of the bristle-bearing surface of the head. The lengths of the projecting portions of the bristles in the end groups decrease substantially as a distance increases between the middle group and respective ones of the bristles in the end groups.

Abstract: A toothbrush has a plurality of brush segments each of the segments having a small longitudinal length. The brush segments are each embedded with bristles and can be gathered together and straightened in an operative condition for brushing action. Alternately the brush segments are spaced arcuately from each other in a storage condition while not in use, thereby facilitating drying and cleaning of the brush segments. A normally arcuate elastic extension plate is inserted through the brush segments to collect them into their storage condition. A slide member is provided for straightening the arcuate extension plate thereby straightening the brush segments into their operative condition.

Abstract: A paintbrush comprises a handle portion including a stem portion and a head portion, with the head portion having a receiving means thereon. The paintbrush also has a paint application cartridge having a paint application portion, and a holding means for holding the paint application portion. A connecting means for connecting the paint application cartridge releasably to the receiving means of the handle portion is provided.

Abstract: A wiper blade rubber for a windshield wiper has a holding portion held by a plurality of supporting members, a wiping portion for wiping the surface of a windshield and a connecting portion connecting the holding portion and the wiping portion. The connecting portion is narrowed in a middle part thereof providing a neck portion, and has an inside hollow. The hollow extends vertically in the neck portion and horizontally above the neck portion, with respect to the windshield, thereby having a T-shaped cross-section in the connecting portion. Preferably, the hollow extends into the wiping portion. Therefore, when the wiper blade rubber turns over the inclining direction of the wiping portion, the wiper blade rubber can suppress changes in the height of the wiper blade rubber by deforming the hollow, while keeping an appropriate inclining angle of the wiping portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides air intake passage cleaning method and its apparatus for cleaning the air intake passage of intake and exhaust apparatus for conditioning the air in building, ship, aircraft, automobile, train, or other room, to be used in an intake and exhaust apparatus comprising a heat exchanger, and at least one blow-out port for blowing out air conditioning air exchanged in heat by the heat exchanger, comprising supplying means for supplying a cleaning solvent, together with compressed air, to the heat exchanger side from a specific blow-out port through an air intake passage, and moving means for moving cleaning and wiping elements loaded in the air intake passage toward a specific blow-out port side, and hence relates to air intake passage cleaning method and its apparatus capable of securely cleaning and removing dirt deposits in the air intake passage and heat exchanger, and obtaining sanitary environments.

Abstract: A bun pan cleaner having a pair of counter rotating brushes for scrubbing the bottom of the baking pan. The bun pan cleaner also includes one air jet, under a hood, for directing compressed air under the surface of the pans to help blow seeds and other debris into the air beneath the hood for evacuation. There is also one or more augers beneath the hood which, when rotated will help sweep seeds and other debris out from under the hood.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a receptacle with an interior, a motor assembly that draws air from the interior of the receptacle, an inlet on the receptacle wherein the inlet receives vacuumed material, and an opening on the receptacle in air flow communication with the interior of the receptacle. The vacuum cleaner also includes a dust pan that opens and closes the opening. The dust pan may be used for collecting large and small debris, liquids, and any other objects that cannot or should not enter the inlet.

Abstract: A portable surface cleaning apparatus including a base module for movement along a surface, an upright handle pivotally attached to the base module, a liquid dispensing system including a flexible bladder defining a fluid supply chamber for holding a supply of cleaning fluid, a fluid recovery system including a tank on the base module having a chamber for holding recovered fluid and housing the flexible bladder, and a passageway between the fluid supply chamber and the recovery chamber, whereby the recovery chamber is in communication with the fluid supply chamber and the pressure in the flexible bladder is equalized with the pressure in the tank as the cleaning fluid is dispensed from the supply chamber and the dirty liquid is collected in the recovery chamber. In a further embodiment the tank has an outlet opening in a bottom portion thereof and a drain plug is removably mounted in the outlet opening.

Abstract: A large-scale cleaning vehicle, for operation with a forklift, includes rotation brushes for sweeping debris toward a center of said cleaning vehicle, a sweeping brush for sweeping the debris into a debris collection box and a fan for pulling said debris into said debris collection box without the need for a motor in the cleaning vehicle. Each of the rotation brushes, the sweeping brush, and the fan are rotatably connected to a rear wheel of the cleaning vehicle such that when the cleaning vehicle is moved, the brushes and fan are rotated. The cleaning vehicle further includes a vertical adjustment for the rotation brushes to lift them when they are not needed, a lateral adjustment for the rotation brushes to adjust a width of sweeping, an audible warning for pedestrians, a water sprinkler system to aid in the cleaning process, and a large-scale trash removal brush mounted in front of the cleaning vehicle to push large-scale trash.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism for assisting the lifting of a trunk lid of a vehicle comprises a V-shaped leaf spring (12) mounted on a first hinge part (2) attached to the vehicle body, and a roller element (32) mounted on a second hinge part (4) attached to the lid. A compressible gas strut (38) may be connected directly between the lid and the body; alternatively the strut may be connected between the first and second hinge parts, (2, 4) so that the resulting sub-assembly can be mounted directly to the lid and body on the vehicle assembly line. The hinge mechanism assists in initially lifting the trunk lid so that the gas strut (38) is disposed in an advantageous leveraged position at which it can continue the lifting movement of the trunk lid.

Abstract: A hinge for a notebook computer is disclosed. The hinge is composed of a base and a hinge member pivotally mounted on the base by a pintle. The base has a pulley bracket pivotally mounted thereon and a pulley rotatably mounted on the bracket. A tongue is mounted on the pintle and can be pivoted with the hinge member. A distal end of the tongue is engaged with the pulley and located below the pulley when the computer is closed. When the computer is to be opened, the tongue is pivoted upwards to push the pulley bracket pivoted upwards, and disengaged from the pulley. When the computer is to be closed, the tongue is pivoted downwards to push the pulley bracket pivoted downwards, and located below the pulley again. Because the tongue is limited by the pulley, the pintle is unable to be freely rotated and the display is securely closed.

Abstract: A multicolored handle including a main body which is provided with a plurality of receiving slots in which a plurality of colored blocks and retaining rings are held securely in place such that the colored blocks and the retaining rings are level with the outer surface of the main body. The main body is different in color from the colored block and the retaining ring. The colored block is different in color from the retaining ring.

Abstract: A handle assembly for a hand-held tool and including a handle (1) connectable with the tool housing and having a through-bore (4) for a cable (40) connecting the tool with a power source, a hook-shaped device (11) for suspending the tool and having an element for securing the suspending device on the cable (40) at any arbitrary position on the cable without a possibility of slippage of the suspending device along the cable, and a connection element adjoining the through-bore (4) of the handle (1) for connecting the suspending device (11) with the handle (1).

Abstract: Device and process for cleaning web-squeezing rollers (5, 6) at output from a carding machine, and their scraper blades (17), in which the said blades are mounted so that they can move tangentially away from and up to the web-squeezing rollers (5, 6) and are equipped with nozzles (29) for blowing fluid into the gaps between the blades (17) and the rollers (5, 6) for removal of the material that accumulates in the said gaps.

Abstract: A tie arrangement (10) comprising a housing (12) with a passage (16), an engagement part (22) and an elongate member (14), the free end of the elongate member (14) being extendable through the passage (16), the engagement part (22) and a locking member (18) being arranged inside the passage (16) for locking the elongate member (14) inside the passage (16), such that if said elongate member (14) is pulled, this causes the engagement part (22) to move together with the elongate member (14), which causes clamping of the elongate member (14) between the engagement part (22) and the passage walls (16) by virtue of the decreasing size of the passage (16), thereby preventing further movement of the elongate member (14).

Abstract: A belt shortening device with a side access slot for receiving a belt is provided. The device includes a frame and a spindle rotatably mounted thereto. The spindle includes a mount end in communication with the frame and a free end opposite to the mount end. The spindle has a slot extending from the free end toward the mount end a length defining a first finger and a second finger. Optionally, a first and second plates are, respectively affixed to the first and second fingers proximal to the free ends thereof. The plates are positioned substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the spindle and, respectively emanate away from the slot. The plates are positioned from said mount end a distance greater than the width of a belt to be shortened. The plates prevent accidental lateral ejection of the belt out of the slot. A ratchet mechanism is provided to control the rotation of the spindle and winding of a belt therearound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for adapting a paintball pistol such that effective support via the holders hand to compensate for a forward center of gravity is shifted substantially completely from the holder's trigger finger to the back of the holder's hand.

Abstract: A fastener secures to a first member. The fastener comprises an attachment member and a retaining member connected to the attachment member for rotation. The attachment member has a body and a support. The retaining member is positioned between the body and the support. The support is attached to and moveable relative to the body for regulating frictional resistance between the retaining member and the attachment member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a recyclable slide fastener having substantially all the component parts thereof made of the same type of synthetic resin material. In the fundamental embodiment of the slide fastener having a pair of fastener tapes and coupling elements fixed to the longitudinal edges of the fastener tapes, they are made of a synthetic resin material of the same type selected from the group consisting of a polyamide resin, a polyester resin, a polyolefin resin, and a vinyl chloride resin. When the slide fastener comprises sewing threads for the fixation of the coupling elements to the fastener tapes and/or core cords extended as inserted through the individual coupling elements, they are made of the same type of synthetic resin as the fastener tapes and the coupling elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing fastener elements for fastening devices that are intended to be affixed to side-parts of an absorbent article of the kind which includes a central part and front and rear side-parts that project out from respective sides of the central part, so as to enable the front and rear side-parts on one and the same side of the central part of the article to be joined together. According to the invention, a central, longitudinally extending, wave-shaped slit is made in a material web which includes at least one continuous row of fastening devices or a continuous string of fastener devices or fastener-device blanks which extends in the longitudinal direction of the material web. Transverse slits are made on both sides of the material web up to the region of the wave-shaped slit, these transverse slits being mutually spaced in the longitudinal direction of the web at a continuously repeated spacing sequence.

Abstract: A latch for use on a S hook includes a cuff portion for mounting the latch on a S hook. The cuff portion has an elongated body with a first end and a second end, and a pair of walls extending longitudinally from the elongated body in the same direction as one another, to thereby flank a straight portion of the S hook when the latch is mounted in operative position on the S hook. A lever of the latch has a first end and a second end, and is lever pivotally connected at the first end thereof to the first end of the elongated body of the cuff portion. The second end of the lever is free and positioned inside of an open end of the S hook when the latch is mounted in operative position on the S hook and a spring mechanism is connected to the latch to thereby bias the latch lever away from the latch cuff portion and against the internal aspect of the open end of the S hook.

Abstract: The inventive method provides highly desirable hand to various different types of fabrics through the initial immobilization of individual fibers within target fabrics and subsequent treatment through abrasion, sanding, or napping of at least a portion of the target fabric. Such a procedure includes “nicking” the immobilized fibers thereby permitting the fibers to produce a substantially balanced strength of the target fabric in the fill and warp directions while also providing the same degree of hand improvements as obtained with previous methods. Furthermore, this process also provides the unexpected improvement of non-pilling to synthetic fibers as the “nicking” of the immobilized fibers results in the lack of unraveling of fibers and thus the near impossibility of such fibers balling together to form unwanted pills on the fabric surface. Fabrics treated by this process are also contemplated within this invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for singularizing healds, which are lined up via eyes on supporting rails to form a stack. In a method and an apparatus which carefully handle the healds during the separation and subsequent transport away from the stack and stress them as little as possible, especially by friction, the frontmost heald (15, 16) in the stack is laterally deflected in one region (11) of the heald and removed from the stack. The frontmost heald is then removed from the stack in further regions in a direction pointing away from the stack and is finally transported further away from the stack in the region of its eyes (7) along the supporting rails by transport members (12, 13).

Abstract: A monolithic piezoelectric actuator is made of a stoichiometric PZT ceramic (2) with low A-site doping, and electrode layers (1) containing silver and palladium. It exhibits an improved mechanical strength with good piezoelectric properties. The production process leads to optimum grain sizes and optimum piezoelectric properties irrespective of any B-site doping in the ceramic. Multilayer piezoelectric actuators with high application temperatures up to 150° C. can be obtained.

Abstract: A combined apparatus for making piston rings is disclosed which is provided with an interior-exterior working machine (1) operable under synchronous control by an NC unit (36) for machining both inside and outside of a workpiece (16) composed of a stack of piston ring workpieces brought and held together; a severing machine (41) for severing the workpiece (16) longitudinally thereof; and a common bed (1a), wherein the interior-exterior working machine (1) as a first machine body and said severing machine (41) as a second machine body are mounted adjacent to each other on the common bed (1a).

Abstract: A system for burnishing a disc includes a slider having burnish pads. The burnish pads are disposed on air bearing surface of the slider and extends therefrom. The burnish pad includes a burnish face which configured to burnish a surface of the disc and blow away burnished asperities.

Abstract: A tool for supporting a fitting adjacent the end of a pipe during welding. The tool includes a Y-shaped body having an upright with a threaded, interior passageway from which a screw downwardly extends. A pair of opposed arms project from the upright. A pair of plates extends forwardly from the distal ends of the opposed arms. Each of the plates has a threaded bore within which is threadably secured a thumbscrew. By rotating the screw to extend such from body, the tool can be selectively clamped with the end of a piece of pipe during use.

Abstract: A method for assembling an aircraft includes determining a three-dimensional representation of a first aircraft structure and a second aircraft structure using an optical positioning device. A predicted mate of the first aircraft structure and the second aircraft structure is generated from the three-dimensional representation of the first and second aircraft structures using a processor. The method further includes adjusting the predicted mate of the first and second aircraft structures to enhance performance characteristics of the aircraft using the processor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing releasable joining together of spacers in pairs which are preferably formed by support blocks for pallets or support walls on pallets or other load carriers by joining the spacers by means of flexible straps or by means of other releasable joining means, like pins or clamps. Spacers which are unattached or which already are integral building units in a respective pallet, are fed forward by means of a hauling track compressed in pairs to a joining station after which they are joined together and clamped together tightly. The invention is also related to machines for performing the method.

Abstract: Injection molding apparatus and method wherein a number of cylindrical inserts or plugs each having a curved melt duct therethrough are accurately aligned and securely mounted in spaced cylindrical openings through a melt distribution manifold. An alignment and retaining pin made of a very strong material extends from a bore in the manifold into a bore in the insert. The manifold is heated and the inserts and pins are cooled prior to insertion into place to provide very tight fits when they are at the same temperature which very accurately aligns the melt ducts through the inserts. The combination of the inserts fitting tightly in the openings and the strength of the pins is sufficient to withstand the rearward forces from the pressurized melt being injected through the curved melt ducts to retain the inserts in place.

Abstract: An elongated wedge shaped spline can be used for joining work pieces in a dovetail joint. It can be used in joining a work piece, such as molding in a dovetailed joint. A divider track having a base support and a pair of spaced apart flanges extending at a right angle from the front surface of the base support is first affixed to a surface. The wedge shaped spline is positioned between and in abutment with the upper portion of the spaced apart flanges. A fan shaped mortise on the back surface of a work piece is positioned over the wedge shaped spline between and abutting the upper portion of the spaced apart flanges. Pressure is applied on the front surface of the work surface of the work piece for seating the work piece on the divider track, thereby forcing the wedge shaped spline between the flanges and spreading the flanges. The spread apart flanges engage the side walls of the fan shaped mortise for joining the work piece in a dovetailed joint with the divider track.

Abstract: An automatic cutting and press-fitting apparatus 10 includes a wire transporting unit 25 for transporting a wire W to at least a cutting and peeling unit D and a terminal press fitting unit E, and a transporting and clamping unit 62 for transporting the wire W to the terminal press fitting unit E and transporting the wire W after press fitting. The wire transporting unit 25 has a nozzle 43 for guiding the feeding of the wire W. In the apparatus 10, a wire guide plate 71 is disposed between the nozzle 43 and the transporting and clamping unit 62 and is capable of moving in the vertical direction by a pneumatic cylinder 72. With the vertical movement of the plate 71, when the unit 25 is returned from the unit E to the D, it is possible to prevent the wire W from being caught on the cutting and peeling unit D incorrectly. Further, when drawing the wire W to the unit 62, the erroneous pinching of the wire W can be prevented by the plate 71.

Abstract: A tool for field terminating optical fibers has an optical fiber cable preparation area for cutting and stripping the optical fiber cables and includes a fiber optic plug termination area and a fiber optic jack termination area.

Abstract: A method for producing a stator for electric machines, wherein a plurality of coils (10) is prewound and drawn into a stator lamination package. Subsequently the wire ends (14) of the coils (10) are fixed in place in a predetermined position. In order to be able to interconnect the wire ends or to fix them more dependably and faster in place at the terminals or auxiliary terminals provided, it is proposed that they are temporarily connected with a holding element (34) immediately after a coil (10) or group of coils has been wound, that this connection is maintained during the draw-in of the coils (10) into the stator lamination package, and that thereafter the wire ends (14) are mechanically transferred into their predetermined position.

Abstract: A method for forming a magnetoresistive (MR) lapping monitor, and a magnetoresistive (MR) lapping monitor formed employing the method. To practice the method, there is first provided a substrate. There is then formed over the substrate a patterned magnetoresistive (MR) layer, where the patterned magnetoresistive (MR) layer has a concavity at an edge of the patterned magnetoresistive (MR) layer opposite an air bearing surface (ABS) edge of the patterned magnetoresistive (MR) layer. There is then formed covering the edge of the patterned magnetoresistive (MR) layer opposite the air bearing surface edge of the patterned magnetoresistive (MR) layer and separated by the concavity a pair of patterned conductor lead layers, where neither patterned conductor lead layer within the pair of patterned conductor lead layers reaches a plane defined by the air bearing surface (ABS) edge of the patterned magnetoresistive (MR) layer.

Abstract: A dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) sensor element, and a method for fabricating the dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) sensor element. When fabricating the dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) sensor element while employing the method, there are employed two pair of patterned magnetic biasing layers formed of a single magnetic biasing material. The two pair of patterned magnetic biasing layers bias a pair of patterned magnetoresistive (MR) layers in a pair of opposite canted directions.

Abstract: A kit and method for minimizing the chance of a short circuit during servicing of a signal tap. The kit includes a pair of insertion tools. Each insertion tool includes a shaft dimensioned to be received within a plug port of the tap and a slot extending along its length. The kit further includes a pair of external insulator strips, each having an insertion portion configured to be positionable within the shaft slot. To prepare the tap for servicing, each insertion tool is positioned in a respective plug port. An external insulator strip is positioned in and moved along the respective slot to a position that isolates the contact terminals and reduces the risk of a short circuit. In taps including an internal bypass switch, the kit may further include a pair of internal insulator strips which are positioned between the bypass switch ends and the tap housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for mounting an electrical connector on a printed wiring board. The printed wiring board is initially positioned on locating projections on a tooling plate. Eyelets are positioned in hold down apertures in the connector. The hold down apertures initially engage the locating projections to align the connector pins with pin receiving apertures on the printed wiring board. Engagement continues until the pins are positioned in the apertures and the lower end of the eyelet is deformed to engage the innerside of the down aperture and the lower side of the printed wiring board.

Abstract: In a component mounting device in which a component is picked up and mounted on a circuit board by a suction nozzle, an amount of displacement between a center position of the suction nozzle 11 and that of the picked-up component 12 is measured, and when it is larger than a preliminarily determined value, a warning is generated indicating that the parts cassette 3 from which the component 12 has been fed is in abnormal condition, as well as the mounting action of the component 12 is stopped.