Abstract: A process for laminating multi-layer pre-forms into laminated glazing assemblies is provided. The pre-forms are first subjected to a vacuum in an inlet lock. Then, the pre-forms are heated to an assembly or bonding temperature in a heating chamber, while still being subjected to vacuum. Next, the pre-forms are pressed using pressing pieces in a pressing chamber, which is also subjected to vacuum. A greater pressure is exerted along the edges of the laminated glazing assemblies so as to bond the edges, preferably by using membranes. In an outlet lock which follows the pressing chamber, the laminated glazing assemblies are again vented to atmospheric pressure. An apparatus suitable for carrying out the process is also provided. The apparatus has chambers which are connected together by conveyors so as to achieve a quasi-continuous flow of material.

Abstract: A compact folding screen assembly is comprised of a series of three or more hingedly interconnected panels. The panels are formed of a vertical array of beams which are generally H-shaped in vertical section, and include a central horizontal web, the ends of the web having vertical flanges. The flanges at one side of the beams of a first panel are coupled in spaced relation. The web of beams of a second adjacent panel extend through the space between the unconnected flanges of the first panel. Pivots extend between flanges of the second panel and webs of the first panel. The flanges of the beams of the second panel may pass through the webs of the beams of a third panel. When the panels are fully folded, the second panel is nested within the first and third panels providing a compact structure.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine airfoil is cast around a core having a plurality of legs to form matching flow channels in the airfoil. The legs have a tie extending therebetween to maintain alignment. And, the tie is relocated along the core span to reduce differential static pressure of the cooling air across the resulting tie hole formed by the core tie.

Abstract: A mold suitable for continuous metal casting comprising a cavity opened at both ends, in which a vertical cross sectional shape at the inner wall surface of the cavity from a meniscus position to a required region is formed as a restriction portion corresponding to the amount of shrinkage of a charged material from a liquid phase to a solid phase. This can prevent internal cracks at the corners of a cast product formed in the chilled layer. Then, a mold for use in continuous metal casting capable of coping with increasing casting rate is provided.

Abstract: A device for continuous or semi-continuous casting of metal comprising a cooled mold (22) and an induction coil (10) arranged at the top end of the mold. The mold comprises in its top end a plurality of hollow, old segments (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22f, 22′b, 22′c, 22′d) separated from each other by partitions (26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 26e), which all comprise an electrically insulating barrier. Both the mold segments and the partitions are oriented essentially in the casting direction. Each hollow top end mold segment comprises a core of a mechanically supporting bar or beam (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d, 25e, 25f, 25′a, 25′b, 25′c, 25′d, 25′e, 25′f) arranged within the hollow mold segment such that it is surrounded by the hollow mold segment. The core exhibits superior mechanical properties in relation to the mold.

Abstract: An internally-grooved heat exchanger tube according to the present invention is structured such that the internal surface is divided into a plurality of continuous areas (W1, W2) parallel to the axial direction (L) of the tube, a large number of fins (10, 11) different in at least one selected among lead angle (&thgr;, &thgr;′) to the axial direction (L) of the tube, fin vertical angle (&agr;, &agr;′) and fin pitch (p, p′) are formed in the adjacent areas (W1, W2), and a boundary portion (a) between the adjacent areas (W1, W2) is formed in the state of meandering to the axial direction (L) of the tube.

Abstract: Heat exchanger provided with a housing having an inner wall, an inlet and an outlet for passing a first heat exchange medium through the housing. The housing furthermore has a core comprising a series of plate-shaped fins placed at least almost parallel to each other. Each fin is provided with pipe openings. A bundle of pipes is present for passing a second heat exchange medium, as well as a number of baffle plates, each baffle plate being provided with pipe openings. Each of the pipes extend through respective pipe openings of respective fins and respective baffle plates. Filling blocks are further provided, each having a bent base portion which has an outer surface. The bend of the base portion is such that the filling block closely abuts the inner wall of the housing. The filling block further has a rib projecting from the base portion to the centre of the housing when placed in the housing, which rib has a central slot. In said slot a respective baffle plate is accommodated.

Abstract: Tubular heat transferring members are disposed in a shell. A kind of fluid passes through the heat transferring members, while the other kind of fluid flows around the heat transferring members in the direction perpendicular to the flowing direction of the former fluid, to make a heat exchange between these fluids through the heat transferring members. No packing member is needed to ease restriction in pressure applied to the fluid, improving the heat exchange efficiency. There is no occurrence of leakage, improving reliability. The opposite end portions of the heat transferring members serve as an inlet to the inside of the heat transferring members and an outlet therefrom and there is no opening formed in the intermediate portion of the heat transferring members without wasting material in a blanking process for the heat transferring members, thus providing an economic effect.

Abstract: Self-enclosing heat exchangers are made from stacked plates having raised peripheral flanges on one side of the plates and continuous peripheral ridges on the other side of the plates, so that when the plates are put together, fully enclosed alternating flow channels are provided between the plates. The plates have raised bosses defining fluid ports that line-up in the stacked plates to form manifolds for the flow of heat exchange fluids through alternate plates. Expanded metal turbulizers are located in the flow channels. The turbulizers have portions thereof crimped closed to control the flow inside the channels and prevent unwanted bypass flow.

Abstract: A plate heat exchanger, in particular an oil cooler for internal combustion engines, in a stacking mode of construction, provides conduits projecting toward one side for formation of feeding and drainage channels. Each conduit typically is provided with an edge bent inwards and running parallel to the base of the neighboring plate. The collar forming the conduit projects sufficiently far from the base of the plate that the edge projecting inwards can abut the base of the neighboring plate. This configuration reduces the heat exchange surface. To eliminate this problem, instead of collars with an encircling edge projecting only toward one side, collars projecting toward both sides are provided. Each of the collars is formed conically and engages, on stacking, into another of the collars. The collars are formed identically, but on plates which, when set on one another, are turned 180° with respect to the other, thus making simple soldering and simple handling possible.

Abstract: A tube for a heat exchanger has notch portions at a longitudinal direction end portion to be inserted into a header tank. Further, several passage holes are provided in the tube to extend in a longitudinal direction of the tube in which refrigerant flows. The notch portions are formed by cutting parts of the tube to be defined by cut surfaces. The passage holes are not provided at portions corresponding to the cut surfaces. Therefore, the passage holes are securely prevented from being crushed and cut when the notch portions are formed by cutting. As a result, joining failure between the tube and the header tank can be prevented.

Abstract: A flow channel type heat dissipating fin set is formed by a plurality of metal pieces. Each metal piece comprises a body; and a connecting piece installed on the body having one or more connecting pieces punched from the body; the connecting piece being protruded from one side of the body; a via hole being formed on the body; and buckles and buckling holes being formed on the body. The metal pieces are combined by buckling the buckles and buckling holes so that the metal pieces are continuously buckled and stacked as a heat dissipating fin set; and via holes on the bodies of the metal pieces are formed as longitudinal flow channels. Thus, a flow channel type heat dissipating fin set is formed.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a connection device (14, 15), particularly for the connection of a rigid duct to a flexible duct in a submarine system for petroleum exploration, comprising a base (16); a hub fixed on the base; a hoisting/launching device, and a tube (20) with its first end connected to the hub and its second end being free, the novelty basically consisting in that the hoisting/lauching device (22) is placed above the center of gravity of the connection device (14, 15) and the second end (21) of the tube (20) is movable.

Abstract: A fire suppressant device that may be rendered automatic by exposing the device to an elevated temperature. The preferred device comprises a canister housing with a uniform cross section throughout its length, and includes a piston member disposed for sliding movement within the canister housing. The canister housing, preferably cylindrical, for containing a fire suppressant fluid, features in a preferred embodiment a nozzle mechanism that includes a cap member temporarily fixed to the spray nozzle thereof by a solder having a known melting point. Disposed between the cap member and spray nozzle is a compression spring biasing the cap member. When the canister housing is exposed to temperatures of at least the melting point of the solder, the solder melts or softens allowing the cap member to be released under the influence of the compression spring, whereby fire suppressant fluid within the canister housing is released against a fire.

Abstract: A sprinkler head mounting assembly for attaching a sprinkler head to a fluid distribution pipe, wherein the sprinkler head mounting assembly comprises a sprinkler head stem connected to the sprinkler head, a flange connected to the sprinkler head stem, a first clamp portion designed to fit around a section of the peripheral surface of the pipe and to engage the flange to affix the sprinkler head to an opening in the pipe, and a second clamp portion designed to fit around the section of the peripheral surface of the pipe that is not covered by the first clamp portion, wherein the second clamp portion designed to engage the first clamp portion to form a substantially secure connection about the pipe.

Abstract: In accordance with a method for making at least one hole in roofs (1), walls, etcetera, in case of fire (2) in buildings or the like the hole or holes are produced by cutting, using a pressurised liquid (3) which while cutting is sprayed into the space (4) on fire in the shape of a jet (5) which rapidly evaporates and in doing so contributes to extinguishing the fire (2), the combustion gases (6) being vented through the cut hole or holes (25). In equipment (7) designed for the implementation of the method there is provided a source of pressurised medium (8) having an outlet for a pressurised liquid (3), a conduit (10), and a nozzle (11) having an inlet (12) and outlet (13).

Abstract: A hand-held portable lawn and garden tool having implements. A housing encloses a motor and at least two sets of gears arranged in cascade to provide low speed and high torque to the implements. Each set of gears is a sun gear with a plurality of planetary gears. The tool may be energized by battery packs, line power or internal combustion engines.

Abstract: An early formation evaluation tool is provided which includes formation fluid sampling capabilities. In one embodiment, fluid pressure in a drill string in which the tool is interconnected is utilized to operate packers of the tool and to operate fluid samplers of the tool. To successively control actuation of the samplers, a ratchet mechanism responsive to altering fluid pressures in the drill string aligns a piercing member with a series of frangible pressure barriers associated with the samplers.

Abstract: A method for orienting a rotary drilling system comprised of a rotatable drilling string, a drilling string communication system and a drilling direction control device, the drilling direction control device comprising a deflectable drilling shaft connected with the drilling string. The method for orienting the rotary drilling system may involve the steps of orienting the drilling string at a desired orientation and sensing the desired orientation of the drilling string with the drilling string communication system. Further, the method involves the steps of communicating a desired orientation of the drilling string to a drilling direction control device and then actuating the drilling direction control device to deflect the drilling shaft to reflect the desired orientation of the drilling shaft. The desired orientation of the drilling shaft may be communicated directly to the drilling direction control device or to the drilling direction control device through a drilling string communication system.

Abstract: A bi-center bit adapted to be consecutively used in casing and in formation without the need of removing the bit from the borehole, the bit comprising a bit body defining a proximal end adapted for connection to a drill string, a distal end and a pass-through gauge, where the distal end defines a pilot bit and an intermediate reamer section, where each the pilot and reamer section define a cutting face. A plurality of cutting or wear elements are situated on cutting blades disposed about the cutting face of the pilot and reamer sections. Cutting or wear elements are disposed on one or more of the blades which extend to or are proximate to the pass-through gauge define an angle between the line of contact on the cutting or wear element and the material to be drilled of between 5-45 degrees.

Abstract: An omni-directional wheel for an omni-directional vehicle that exhibits constant ride height, low vibration, and reduced maximum ground contact pressure is disclosed. The invention consists of a wheel assembly rotatably connected to the omni-directional vehicle chassis. The wheel assembly comprises a hub on which free spinning rollers are rotatably mounted at an angle to the wheel axis. Constant ride height and low vibration operation are accomplished by configuring the rollers with an exterior profile, thickness, material properties and surface grooving to achieve constant deflection of the roller contact surface at all wheel rotation angles.

Abstract: A pollutant treating device especially adapted for motor vehicles in which a housing containing a catalyst composition for treating pollutants is positioned within the normal flow pattern of ambient air within the motor vehicle and is preferably removably placed within a support, such as a bracket assembly where the housing can be readily removed and replaced and/or reused.

Abstract: A pedaling force detection means can be simplified in arrangement, the number of assemblies thereof can be decreased, the pedaling force detection means can be made inexpensive and can detect a pedaling force reliably. A bicycle comprises a drive assist attached to a driving wheel (3), a driving power transmission means (20) attached between a sprocket (26) and a rear wheel, a pair of pedal levers (22), a crank lever (30R) for transmitting a rotation force of the pedal lever to the sprocket and a sliding portion (40R) serving as a swing fulcrum of the pedal lever. A slide pin (42R) at one end of the pedal lever slides within the slide portion in accordance with the rotation of the pedal lever to transmit a rotation force generated by the rotation of the pedal lever to the rear wheel through the sprocket.

Abstract: A sound generating or emitting machine having a component comprising a material with a high internal damping and tensile strength, the material comprising (1) a metallic base material, and (2) a metallic second phase with an at least partially martensitic structure. The material may also be an alloy comprising a base material in which additional alloy elements have a very low solubility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sound elimination structure for an air pump, especially an air pump which is used in an aquarium. The sound elimination structure includes a sound elimination device including an air chamber box, and an air chamber cover secured with each other and defining a plurality of chambers therein. The air chamber cover and the air chamber box are provided with air guide tubes, recesses, air holes co-operating with catch plates so as to increase the path of the air flow, thereby reducing the velocity of the air flow so as to eliminate the noise.

Abstract: An adjustable cantilever scaffold assembly for use in working on the exterior walls of multi-story buildings. The assembly is mounted on an exterior surface of the building such as a walkway or balcony having a safety wall and includes a cantilever beam extending outwardly over the top of the safety wall to provide means for supporting workboards for a workman. When assembled on the exterior surface the scaffold is positioned adjacent to the edge of the surface which permits unencumbered movement of workmen around the scaffold.

Abstract: A rung-foldable ladder device for attaching to an upright structure for climbing thereupon. The rung-foldable ladder device includes an elongate tubular support member; and also includes a plurality of bracket members being securely attached to the elongate tubular support member and being adapted to removably fasten with straps about an upright structure; and further includes a plurality of rung members being pivotally attached to the elongate tubular support member; and also includes a cable being attached to the rung members for pivoting the rung members against the elongate tubular support member.

Abstract: A removable grease dam tool to facilitate proper filling of grease within a wheel hub assembly and a method of using the same. A grease dam is placed adjacent an outer surface of a wheel hub mounted to a spindle. The grease dam blocks at least 50% of the exposed area between the wheel hub and spindle and leaves a top portion open to allow greased to be injected into the inner cavity of the wheel hub. A portion of the grease dam is disposed within the wheel hub between the wheel hub and spindle to simulate the presence of the outer bearing. Once the inner cavity of the wheel hub is filled beyond a 50% fill level, the grease dam is removed and the outer bearing assembly is immediately thereafter installed. The tool prevents leakage of grease during assembly to ensure at least a 50% fill level. A handle is provided to facilitate manipulation by a user.

Abstract: An improved elevator door system for reducing vibration and noise in opening/closing a car door and a hatch door and allowing fast operation by releasing a landing door lock device before the car door moves. The elevator door system includes a hatch door; a car door; a motor for providing rotating force to open and close the hatch door and the car door; power transmitting means; a rack for possibly moving horizontally by the power transmitting means; a pinion engaged with the rack for rotating by horizontal movement of the rack; clutch connected to the pinion for transmitting or cutting off power toward the hatch door; and door lock engaged with the clutch, the door lock positioned in a lock release state in which the hatch door is movable when the clutch transmits power, while positioned in a lock state for fixing position of the hatch door when the clutch cuts off power.

Abstract: A disc brake caliper includes a housing containing a pair of opposing brake pad assemblies configured to reside on opposite sides of a disc operatively associated therewith. At least one of the brake pad assemblies is advanced and retracted relative to the disc by a drive mechanism along an advancement axis to effect braking. A pad wear compensation apparatus is operatively associated with at least one of the brake pad assemblies to advance the brake pad assembly along the advancement axis as it wears. The pad wear compensation apparatus includes an adjustment knob attached to the housing for rotation about a rotation axis and fixed against axial movement. A rotary to linear linkage between the at least one brake pad assembly and the knob provides axial advancement of the brake pad assembly relative to the housing upon axial rotation of the knob in a select direction.

Abstract: In the invention there is provided a disk brake stack having disks with predetermined available wear portions of a first thickness, a second thickness and a third thickness. In the initial configuration a first group of disks is interleaved with a second group of disks. The first group of disks comprises thick disks and the second group of disks comprises thin disks which have an available wear portion approximately one third of the thickness of the thick disks. At the first overhaul, the thin disks are substantially fully worn and are removed. The second group of disks is replaced with mid-thickness disks which have an available wear portion of about two thirds of the initial thickness of the wear portion of thick disks. At the second overhaul, the remaining wear portion of the first group of disks is approximately the thickness of the wear portion of the thin disks. The second group of disks are removed and replaced with thick disks.

Abstract: The protrusion 14d of a friction pad 8 on a reacting portion side is fitted in the fitting hole 4g of the reacting portion 4b on the rotor-in side, whereas the rotor-out side of the friction pad 8 is supported by the torque-receiving stepped portion 3h of a caliper bracket 3. The pad assembling pieces and 17b of the pad spring 17 secured to the acting portion 8 are brought into resilient contact with reaction pawls 4e and 4f on the outer surface, and the inside and outside of the reaction pawls 4e and 4f are held between the back plate 14 of the friction pad 8 and the pad assembling pieces and 17b so as to fit the friction pad 8 to the reacting portion 4b. The contact piece 17e of the spring piece 17c is brought into resilient contact with the upper bottom wall of a piston receiving recess 24 in order to urge a caliper body 4 outwardly in the radial direction of a disk whereas to urge the friction pad 8 inwardly in the radial direction of the disk.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanical wheel brake device, having a screw link actuator, which is supported in a floating caliper. The screw link actuator can be driven by an electric motor, and can press a frictional brake lining against one side of a brake disc and can press a second frictional brake lining against another side of the brake disc by means of a reaction force by way of the floating caliper. In order to permit a release of the wheel brake device in the event of a malfunction, brake device embodies the screw link actuator as selflocking-free, supporting a spindle nut and a threaded spindle in rotary fashion, and securing the threaded spindle against rotation by means of a releasable rotation prevention device. The threaded spindle is connected in a rotationally secured and axially mobile fashion by means of a positive engagement.

Abstract: The invention concerns a braking device with closing servo control for movable cabinet/furniture parts, such as drawers, cabinet and furniture doors, etc. The device includes a casing located on either a fixed or movable cabinet/furniture component and this casing has a pull-in device located within it, which has a mechanical energy store, and a connected movable control element is also located within the casing, and a driving pin that is always located on the other cabinet/furniture components and works together with the control element. This pull-in device that works as a closing servo control after the braking process, is shown, in that, in the casing between the energy store and the control element, there is a connected braking element that is guided and movable. The braking device, thus, forms a unit with the pull-in device and is controlled likewise by the driving pin.

Abstract: A heavy duty brake drum cover system including two semicircular plates which mount over and about the axle housing and the S-cam which cover the brake drums. The brake drum cover system prevents dirt, gravel and other debris from entering the brake drum and causing excessive wear to the brake drums and shoes. Also provided are brake shoe inspection holes which allow the user to inspect the brake shoes without removing the brake drum cover system. The brake drum cover system are intended for hopper bottom style trailers, but could be modified to suit any other brake system.

Abstract: A controllable damper for resisting movement between two relatively moveable members includes a first member and a second member coupled for relative movement having a working space between them, and a controllable medium retaining structure, for example, an absorbent matrix, to hold a controllable medium in the working space. A field generating coil is mounted to one of the first and second members to generate a field acting on the first and second members and the controllable medium in the working space. The rheology change in the medium produced by the field results in resistance to relative movement of the first and second members. According to a preferred embodiment, transmission is included to convert linear motion of a first component to rotary motion of the second member. The transmission allows amplification of the relative speed between the first and second members.

Abstract: A single absorber includes a valve assembly with a low speed valving system and a high speed valving system. Both systems control fluid flow through the respective valve assembly for fluid flow in the same direction. The low speed valving system is independently tunable in order to provide low speed damping to improve both vehicle control and handling. The independent tuning of the low speed valving system allows the optimization of the low speed valving system in relation to the high speed valving system as well as independent tuning of the high speed valving system in relation to the low speed valving system. The independent tuning of the two systems allow the achievement of a smooth transition between the two systems. The two valving systems can be incorporated into a piston assembly for an extension stroke, a base valve assembly for a compression stroke or both.

Abstract: A coin discriminating apparatus which permits easy and reliable determination and identification of coins with the use of eddy currents induced in coins by an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field varies depending on the material, thickness, etc. of the coin, and the impedance of the coil varies under the influence of the induced eddy current. Eddy current induction coils are successively excited to apply a high-frequency electromagnetic field to the coin over an entire surface thereof, and impedances of the eddy current induction coils, which vary under the influence of the eddy current induced in the coin by the high-frequency electromagnetic field, are measured to obtain information on surface displacement irregularities of a stamp pattern on the coin surface.

Abstract: A transmission wheel for a platform transmission apparatus includes a wheel frame having a disk with a central hole for fixing to a drive axle, and a plurality of ball rollers carried on each side of the disk by supports which extend axially. The ball rollers on each side of the disk each have a circular arc camber which lies on a common circle concentric to the axis, the rollers on each side being evenly spaced apart and staggered from the rollers on the other side. The supports include concave portions which correspond to the circular arc camber and also enhance the rigidity of the wheel frame.

Abstract: A lumber staging device having a lumber receiving station and a lumber discharge station for positioning a supply of lumber of different lengths within arms reach of an operator of an automated saw. The lumber staging device comprises a first multi-level lumber conveying assembly including a first set of substantially horizontal conveyors and a second multi-level lumber conveying assembly including a second set of substantially horizontal conveyors to form multi-level pairs of corresponding substantially horizontal conveyors. The multi-level pairs include a lower conveyor assembly, an intermediate conveyor assembly and an upper conveyor assembly to convey lumber supported respectively thereon. Each conveyor assembly is operatively coupled to a corresponding conveyor drive to selectively convey lumber supported therebetween from the lumber receiving station to the lumber discharge station.

Abstract: A roller drive unit is provided for an air freight system in an aircraft and comprises a drive roller that can be retracted and raised in order to transport freight containers in various directions. Unlike conventional roller drive units of this type which are only capable of conveying freight containers in forward or backward directions, the roller drive unit of the present invention is adapted to convey freight containers in any desired direction. To this end the roller drive unit comprises a substantially annular fixing device for attachment of the roller drive unit to the floor of a cargo hold and, in a preferably flush relationship thereto, a carrier device for the drive roller. The carrier device can be rotated about an axis perpendicular to the floor of the cargo hold, i.e. about at vertical axis, relative to the fixing device to enable the freight container to be transported in a desired direction.

Abstract: A media storage device for storing a plurality of media, such as compact disks, audio cassettes, VHS cassette tapes, DVD cartridges, and ZIP disks. The media storage device comprises a tray including a bottom panel and a plurality of media storage bins. Each media storage bin includes a front panel and a first shoulder member. The first shoulder member includes first and second shoulders, and the second shoulder member includes first, second and third shoulders. Each storage bin can include six cavities, wherein each of the cavities supports at least one type of media format. The base and tray can include transportation guide mechanisms that allow the tray to be moved relative to the base to facilitate viewing and access to the stored media.

Abstract: A packaging device (1) including a flap retention arrangement (30). The packaging device incorporating the flap retention arrangement (30) includes a panel (22) and a flap member (26). The flap member (26) is connected to the panel (22) and adapted to move between a first position and a second position with respect to the panel (22). The flap retention arrangement (30) includes a retention member (33) and a capture element (37). The retention member (33) is mounted on one of the flap member (26) or the panel (22) while the capture element (37) is located on the other one of the flap member (26) or the panel (22). Regardless of which portion of the flap retention arrangement (30) is mounted on one of the flap member (26) or the panel (22), the retention member (33) and the capture element (37) are situated so as to make contact with each other when the flap member (26) is moved to the second position. This contact retains the flap member (26) in the second position.

Abstract: Electronic components can be reliably supplied from a storage container for electronic components, which is easy to manufacture and highly economical, to a mounting device. The storage container for electronic components includes a storage region, in which electronic components are stored, a discharge hole, a lead portion for leading the electronic components to the discharge hole, the end of the lead portion becoming the discharge hole, a discharge hole side lead portion, provided with a taper (guide angle) so that its width becomes narrower toward the discharge hole, and a storage region side lead portion, positioned between the storage region and the discharge hole side lead portion, and provided with a taper (guide angle) so that its width becomes narrower toward the discharge hole side lead portion. In addition, the taper (guide angle) of the storage region side lead portion may be larger than the taper (guide angle) of the discharge hole side lead portion.

Abstract: A screening screen assembly for a vibratory screening machine including an apertured plate, and a subassembly of an undulating support screen and fine screening screen and finer screening screen bonded to each other by a fused plastic grid and bonded to the apertured plate. A method of fabricating a screening screen assembly for a vibratory screening machine including the steps of providing a support screen, superimposing a plastic grid onto the support screen, superimposing a finer screening screen onto the fine screening screen, applying heat and pressure to the superimposed screens to fuse the plastic grid and thereby form a flat bonded laminate subassembly by causing the fused plastic grid to permeate the fine screen and the finer screen and the support screen, forming the bonded laminate subassembly into an undulating shape, providing an apertured plate, and bonding the undulating bonded subassembly to the apertured plate.

Abstract: A fixturing device which supports a substrate or a plurality of substrates in a vertical orientation during cleaning, drying, and coating processing steps while minimizing the contact surfaces between the fixture and each substrate so that a maximum of the substrate surface is exposed. The fixturing device utilizes converging support surfaces that terminate at the closest point in a gap with a distance less than the thickness of a substrate. The converging support surfaces counter surface tension, cohesion of the liquid molecules, and the adhesion of the liquid molecules on the surface of the fixturing device. The gap in the converging support surfaces prevents the fixturing device from retaining liquid at the interface of the substrate and the fixture. In conjunction, the contoured passages enhance the drawing of liquid away from the fixturing device and prevents pooling and staining the substrate.

Abstract: A rack for displaying and dispensing a plurality of products and accessory products which has an elgongated body having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the body defines at least one vertically oriented interior chute. The chute is adapted to hold the plurality of vertically stacked products. A signage panel is mounted on at least a portion of the body, and an accessory display support is attached to the body. An elongated accessory product display is attached to the accessory display support to display a plurality of accessory product adjacent the body.

Abstract: A display rack for ceramic tiles having two framed sides, a back, and an open front. It has the following additional elements: left and right frames having tops, bottoms, backs, and fronts. Further, it has a top beam, having a front, a back, a top, and a bottom, connecting the back of the tops of the left and right frames. Also, there is a bottom beam, having a front, a back, a top, and a base, connecting the back of the bottoms of the left and right frames at a point slightly ahead of the position of the top beam. Also, there is a plurality of equidistantly, spaced apart angled pins located in the bottom of the top beam and in the top of the bottom beam, arranged in the form of approximately equal arcs that has their apex at the center of the top and bottom beams. A further element of the display rack is a plurality of wings removably mounted within the display rack. These wings have vertical holes in the tops and bottoms of their backs that mate with the pins.

Abstract: A fuel tank (1) possesses, for the introduction of fuel, a filler pipe (5) which is led through an orifice (6) of the fuel tank (1) with all-round clearance. The orifice (6) is sealingly closed by means of a sleeve (4) bearing against the fuel tank (1) and against the filler pipe (5). The orifice (6) can thereby be made relatively large, so that it can be additionally used also as a service or assembly orifice after the sleeve (4) has been removed. The number of orifices necessary on the fuel tank (1) can be reduced as a result, so that both the maximum filling quantity and the permeation tightness can be increased.

Abstract: A lock mechanism for a hook in which a premium suspended in a hook can be taken out at a predetermined drop position within a casing is provided. The mechanism comprises a base member (40), a hook (10) fixed to the base body (40), and a lock portion (20) for closing an open portion in the hook (10) at the portion other than the predetermined drop position, the lock portion (20) comprises a support point portion (21) axially supported to the base body (40), a rotating piece (22) capable of rotating to both of normal and inverse directions around the support point portion (21) and an operating portion (50) for rotating the rotating piece (22), and the rotating piece (22) is structured such that an end portion thereof is brought into contact with the hook (10) at the position other than the predetermined drop position and at the predetermined position, the rotating piece (22) is rotated so that the premium (60) can move.