Abstract: An integrated tilt/sash lock assembly for a sash window is disclosed. The integrated assembly comprises a handle movable among a first, a second and a third position to adjust the assembly among a respective locked, unlocked and tiltable position. The integrated assembly further comprises a rotor coupled to the handle. The rotor has a locking cam and a pair of slots disposed therein. The integrated assembly also includes a keeper adapted to be supported by the sash window. The integrated assembly further includes a latch bolt housing having a latch bolt slidably disposed therein and a spring for biasing the latch bolt towards one of the guide rails. The integrated assembly further has a connector coupling the latch bolt to the rotor. The connector has a guide pin which slidably engages the slot in the rotor.

Abstract: An integrated tilt/sash lock assembly for a sash window is disclosed. The sash window assembly has an upper sash window and a lower sash window slideable within a master frame, the integrated assembly has a keeper adapted to be connected to the upper sash window. A rotor assembly is adapted to be supported by the lower sash window, the rotor assembly having a rotor connected to a spool. A latch bolt is adapted to be supported by the lower sash window and is adapted to engage the master frame. A connector has a first end connected to the spool and a second end connected to the latch bolt. An actuator is connected to the rotor assembly. The actuator has a locked position wherein the rotor engages the keeper. The actuator is moveable to an unlocked position wherein the rotor assembly is disengaged from the keeper, and is further moveable to a tiltable position wherein the connector retracts the latch bolt from the master frame.

Abstract: Drive system for moving a load along a curved path. The drive system includes a base for mounting the drive system, the base having a curved track for guiding the load along the curved path. There is a load engaging mechanism mounted on the base for movement relative to the base, the load engaging mechanism being for moving the load. The load engaging mechanism has a curved track engaging roller for engaging the curved track. A linear drive mechanism including a linearly driven member is mounted on the base. The linearly driven member includes a driving pivot. A drive link is attached to the driving pivot at a drive force receiving end of the drive link, the drive link including a driven pivot at a drive force communicating end of the drive link. The driven pivot is attached to the load engaging mechanism, whereby linear motion of the driving pivot causes motion of the load along the curved path.

Abstract: A window operator for the opening and closing of a hinged window. The window operator has a rotatable lead screw 16 on which moves a slider 19. A driving element 18 is threaded on to the lead screw 16 and is coupled to the slider 19. A lost motion mechanism is operable upon the sliding movement of the slider being inhibited at final closing or initial opening of the window. The lost motion mechanism includes a tab 42 engaged in a helical slot 43. Movement of the tab in the helical slot causes an angular displacement of the driving element 18. A retention member 47 is moveable in response to the angular displacement and retains the slider 19 against movement while the driving element 18 continues to move along the lead screw. The tab 42 is thus moveable along slot 49 to operate a multipoint locking mechanism L.

Abstract: A mechanical member for bonding to a glazing comprises a universal first or base part and a second part which is specific to a particular class of glazing. The glazing may be for a vehicle window, in which case the second part may be adapted to a particular vehicle model. The first part is bonded to the glazing by adhesive, and the second part is maintained in position by engagement with the first part. The mechanical member may be a bracket for a vertically sliding door glazing, or a centring pin, fixing stud, retaining clip, positioning lug or locating spacer. A corresponding method employing a solid tack-free heat-resistant adhesive is also disclosed.

Abstract: A window assembly includes a pane having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges. A frame has a header, a bottom with a latching portion, and two sides. A window frame is attached to the pane solely by adhesive bonding to the interior surface of the pane, and a hinge member is attached to the pane solely by adhesive bonding to the interior surface of the pane proximate the top edge of the pane. A latch is attached to the pane solely by adhesive bonding to the interior surface of the pane remote from the top edge of the pane and is operable to engage the latching portion of the footer.

Abstract: An automatic closing guarding fence has a door and an anchor frame pivotally coupled with each other on an upper pivotal position and a lower pivotal position. The axis connecting the upper pivotal position and the lower pivotal position inclines at a selected angle relative to the anchor frame such that when the door is opened, the door can swing back and close automatically due to its own weight. A release mechanism is provided to create automatic latching and closing. The structure provides convenience and improves safety to prevent risks that might otherwise occur due to adults' negligence.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a plastic double-walled structural panel suitable for use as a door or tailgate for a motor vehicle. The structural panel includes a plastic outer panel, a plastic inner panel, and a substantially plastic support structure. Generally, the plastic outer panel has one or more outer attachment points that correspond to one or more inner attachment points in the inner panel. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the support structure is comprised of plastic and is formed integrally with the inner or outer panel, e.g., as integral trusses. Integrally-formed or non-integrally-formed connectors may be included for connecting attachment points of the inner panel and attachment points of the outer panel. The invention further includes a method for manufacturing and assembling a substantially plastic double-walled structural panel that is suitable for use in connection with motor vehicles.

Abstract: Abrasive particles comprising ceramic (including glasses, crystalline ceramics, and glass-ceramics) comprising (on a theoretical oxide basis) Al2O3 and at least one other metal oxide (e.g., REO and; REO and at least one of ZrO2 or HfO2) and methods of making the same. The abrasive particles can be incorporated into a variety of abrasive articles, including bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, nonwoven abrasives, and abrasive brushes.

Abstract: Abrasive particles and methods of making the same. Embodiments of the invention can be used to make abrasive particles. The abrasive particles can be incorporated into a variety of abrasive articles, including bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, nonwoven abrasives, and abrasive brushes.

Abstract: Al2O3—Y2O3—ZrO2/HfO2 ceramics (including glasses, crystalline ceramics, and glass-ceramics) and methods of making the same. Ceramics according to the present invention can be made, formed as, or converted into glass beads, articles (e.g., plates), fibers, particles, and thin coatings. The particles and fibers are useful, for example, as thermal insulation, filler, or reinforcing material in composites (e.g., ceramic, metal, or polymeric matrix composites). The thin coatings can be useful, for example, as protective coatings in applications involving wear, as well as for thermal management. Certain ceramic particles according to the present invention can be are particularly useful as abrasive particles.

Abstract: Methods of making amorphous material and ceramic materials. Embodiments of the invention can be used to make abrasive particles. The abrasive particles can be incorporated into a variety of abrasive articles, including bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, nonwoven abrasives, and abrasive brushes.

Abstract: A polishing composition comprising an abrasive having an average primary particle size of 200 nm or less, an oxidizing agent, an acid having a pK1 of 2 or less and/or a salt thereof, and water, wherein the acid value (Y) of the polishing composition is 20 mg KOH/g or less and 0.2 mg KOH/g or more; a process for reducing fine scratches of a substrate, comprising polishing a substrate to be polished with the above-mentioned polishing composition; and a method for manufacturing a substrate, comprising polishing a substrate to be polished with the above-mentioned polishing composition. The polishing composition can be suitably used for final polishing memory hard disk substrates and polishing semiconductor elements.

Abstract: For aluminum disks and glass-made hard disks, those disks having a mean waviness of less than 3 Å are being desired in order to increase the density of memory capacity. The present invention provides polishing compositions that can give smoothly polished surfaces for the disks.

Abstract: A gutter shield for protecting a gutter from the gutter shield having a mounting member secured to the gutter, a guard member with an elongated configuration and having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough to permit water drainage into the gutter, the mounting member also having a flexible sealing element extending outwardly therefrom, the flexible ceiling element being designed to seal against either the side of the gutter or a structural element. The device is suitable for many different sizes of gutters.

Abstract: A permeable retaining member defines a chamber therein. The permeable retaining members has an opening to the chamber. The chamber of the retainer member is filled through the opening with a melting substance and the opening is closed. The melting substance is adapted to permeate through the retaining member for melting proximate ice in a gutter and preventing ice dams on roofs.

Abstract: Apparatus for permitting sanitary egress from a restroom having a wall, a doorway in the wall and a door in the doorway, the apparatus including a dispenser assembly adapted to contain and dispense a supply of sheets to a user prior to exiting the restroom and a disposal container assembly adapted to receive the supply of sheets upon exiting the restroom and located adjacent the doorway.

Abstract: The present invention relates towards an erection lift anchor with welding plate assembly for embedment in a concrete member, such as a precast or tilt-up wall. The erection anchor of the present invention allows for concrete members, such as walls, to be positioned by the use of standard lifting equipment (cranes with cable attachments, etc.) by connecting lifting attachments to the erection lift anchor which is embedded in a concrete member. The present invention also allows for concrete members to be connected together via the erection lift anchor whereby the welding plate of one erection lift anchor embedded in a first concrete member is welded to the welding plate of another erection lift member embedded in a second concrete member.

Abstract: A grab rail adapted to be mounted to a surface is provided. The grab rail includes an elongated rail that has a bore lying along a central axis. A wedge block is disposed in the bore of the elongated rail. The wedge block has an inclined face on one end that is inclined relative to the central axis. A support member is connected to the surface. The support member has an inclined face on one end that is contiguous with the inclined face of the wedge block. A fastener engages the wedge block. The fastener urges together the inclined face of the wedge block and the inclined face of the support member to slide the elongated rail in a non-axial direction relative to the support member to join the support member and the elongated rail.

Abstract: An improved and inexpensive flood and debris protection device “The Door Damm” (FIG. 2) provides consumers with an easily installed and removable waterproof and debris barrier for exterior windows and doors for temporarily protecting a structure against flood water and debris from entering a building or structure. The Door Damm is designed to be installed over all exterior material and structural surfaces however, for further protection the device can also be installed over wet or dry surfaces areas. The “Door Dam” (FIG. 1) main components consist of a rectangular frame pipe of a square steel metal or other suitable material (7), aluminum cover or panel (8),) secured to each other and bolted to the structural frame tightened by a spring-loaded tension bar (9) and sealed with a waterproofing putty like sealant.

Abstract: A marine window assembly for installation within a boat cabin wall includes a piece of glazing material, a shielding member, first and second layers of sealant, and a plurality of fasteners. The first layer of sealant is disposed on a first face of the glazing material along a substantial portion of the circumferential perimeter and said second layer of sealant disposed on said second face of said glazing material. The shielding member is positioned over said second layer of sealant and said glazing material and fastening means are used to secure the shielding member, said glazing material and said first and second layers of sealant to said cabin wall against first and second substantially transverse surfaces of the opening.

Abstract: Modular rectangular parallela pipidle sealing units assembled in a frame for a gas tight penetration seal have perimetral grooves and bores reaching from these grooves into the recesses of the modules to the peripheries of the cables or pipes or filler bodies in the modules. The grooves and bores form a pressurizable network which after pressurization with compressed air can be monitored for gas tightness.

Abstract: Panels (16) for use with access flooring (10) having a thick, resilient pad (20) bonded directly to and covering the entire surface of the panel (16). The pad (20) acts like the backing layer of a conventional floor treatment by absorbing impact and attenuation sound. A reinforced face cloth module (22) having only a face layer (24) and a stabilizing layer (26) is used to cover the pad (20) to protect the pad from wear and to provide an attractive floor treatment. The reinforced face cloth module (22) can be detachable or bonded directly to the pad. Alternatively, hook and loop fasteners can affix the pad to the face cloth module.

Abstract: A drywall joint assembly strip device comprised of an elongate core having a cover bonded to its exterior surface and extending beyond its longitudinal edges to form flexible flaps in which longitudinal, parallel grooves and ridges and/or spaced-apart perforations are formed for flow of joint compound during the installation process.

Abstract: The list consists of a wooden section whose surface intended to be visible in the frame is partially veneered. The longitudinal edges of the veneer are irregular to obtain an artificially aged appearance of the list.

Abstract: A seismic/expansion joint seal and cover comprising a cover plate, and a central spine extending downwardly from said cover plate. At least one layer of a resilient compressible foam sealant is provided on each side of the spine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hollow body concrete floor or hollow body concrete slab made from concrete having reinforcements and conical hollow bodies (1) the cross-section of which is essentially round, oval or more than quadrilateral, wherein hollow bodies (1) are arranged between an upper and a lower reinforcement layer (15, 16) at least in sections essentially in the most compact configuration possible, wherein the areas between the upper and the lower reinforcement layers (15, 16) may be provided without hollow bodies (1). The object of the invention is to provide an improvement over conventional hollow body concrete floors. This object is solved in that spacers (8, 9) are arranged between upper reinforcement layer (15) and hollow bodies (1) on the one hand and between lower reinforcement layer (16) and hollow bodies (1) on the other hand, and that vertical reinforcements (17) are inserted in at least some of the interstitial spaces formed in each case by three adjacent hollow bodies (1).

Abstract: A impact protection system for building openings, such as windows and doors, includes a shutter assembly having angled blades extending between frame members in such as manner that access areas are provided when the shutters are closed to permit insertion of a storm bar clip to secure a reinforcing storm bar. The storm bar can be secured to the surrounding wall by removable wall mounts.

Abstract: The invention concerns a building element which is a stud (10) having a number of channels (12). Each channel can receive a cooperating means (14) which can be used to mount a panel or bracket on the stud. The invention also concerns a building element which is a joining clip (16) which can be connected to a panel or bracket. The joining clip includes the cooperating means (14) for mounting a panel or bracket on the stud. The invention also concerns a building element which is a joining element (42) which can connect one panel to another. The joining element is hinged (46). The invention also discloses two types of bracket for mounting in the stud. The first type has a screw-threaded shaft (71) and a sleeve (72) with cooperating means (73) at one end of the sleeve. The cooperating means is shaped so that it can be inserted horizontally in a channel of the stud and rotated so that the cooperating means cannot be withdrawn horizontally from the channel.

Abstract: A decking assembly and decking kit with hold-down clip are disclosed. The decking assembly includes a supporting substructure, first and second lengthwise extending boards with lips extending outwardly and upwardly away from a side thereof and at least one hold-down clip having two downwardly extending tabs which engage the lips of adjacent boards to fix the boards to the substructure. The decking kit includes at least two such boards and at least one such clip, and may additionally include a fastener, such as a screw, and a screwdriver bit.

Abstract: Structures are described that create spaces while installing anchor sheet and attachment piece subfloors, but which allow for the expansion and contraction of anchor sheets after installation. The structures may be used on either the attachment pieces, anchor sheets or both. In one embodiment, the structure is a deformable margin; in another embodiment, the structure is a pull-away strip.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward unitary modular shake panels, and methods for making and using such shake panels. In one aspect of the invention, a unitary modular shake panel includes an interconnecting section composed of a siding material and several integral shake sections projecting from the interconnecting section. The panel preferably has a quadrilateral shape with first and second edges along a longitudinal dimension that are separated from each other by a width of the panel along a transverse dimension. Additionally, the shake sections are separated from one another by slots extending from the second edge to an intermediate width in the panel. In a preferred embodiment, the panel is composed of a unitary piece of fiber-cement siding with a simulated wood grain running along the transverse dimension.

Abstract: The invention relates to a profiled sheet comprising a web formation having first and second opposite ends; a first panel segment extending generally transversely from the web formation at or towards the first end thereof and a second panel segment, extending generally transversely from the web formation at or towards the second end thereof. The first and second panel segments extend in opposite directions from the web formation and the sheet further comprises a lip formation extending generally transversely from the first panel segment at an end defined by the said panel segment distal to the web formation and extending in a direction towards the plane wherein the second panel segment is located.

Abstract: A double-ended stud with a thin fixed flange and a method for using same. A double-ended stud with a thin fixed flange is used to secure a structural member in place during mounting. A structural member is secured against a mounting member with the flange on the stud in proximity to the structural member with a nut on one end of the stud and tightened into place against a mounting member. The flange holds a structural member in place. The flange is thin enough not to require removal of the double-ended stud during completion of the remainder of the mounting process using other structural members and standard nuts and bolts. The precise thickness of the flange varies from application to application depending on the type of nut and bolt required for that particular mounting process, as well as the orientation of the structural member to the mounting member and expected forces applied to the flange during the mounting process.

Abstract: The present invention involves a window trim system with a bracket and trim ring, and a method of installing the same. The window trim system includes a clamping bracket which is press fit and screwed into preformed channels in the window frame. The clamping bracket has a receiving portion, such as a depression or catch, for interfitting with an engagement portion of the trim ring, such as a protrusion or catch. A trim ring is then snapped into place over the clamping bracket, thus hiding the screw head from sight. Advantageously, the window trim system is capable of securing the window frame to the vehicle wall with a minimal number of brackets and screws.

Abstract: A structural fabric having a first fiber with a first ultimate strain and a second fiber with a second ultimate strain greater than the first ultimate strain, the first and second fibers being in the same plane. The invention is further directed to a structural fabric having a plurality of axial fibers and a plurality of first diagonal fibers braided with the axial fibers and oriented at a first braid angle relative thereto. The axial fibers include first and second fibers each with an ultimate strain. The ultimate strain of the second fiber again being greater than the ultimate strain of the first fiber. Additionally, the invention is directed to a concrete beam strengthened with the structural fibers of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for covering a flower pot with a sheet of material. The apparatus includes a supporting platform, a pot receiving opening formed through the supporting platform and a plurality of forming members radially arranged around the pot receiving opening. The plurality of forming members are designed and disposed such that upon insertion of the flower pot and the sheet of material into the pot receiving opening the forming members pivot in a downward direction and form the sheet of material around an outer peripheral surface of the flower pot. The forming members are also upwardly biased so as to assist in ejecting the covered flower pot in an upward direction from the pot receiving opening.

Abstract: A method of applying at least one web of insulator material to a plurality of spring assemblies is provided. Each web of insulator material is unwound from a roll, passed along a roller and applied to multiple spring assemblies which are passed between rollers. Each web of insulator material is folded around outermost coil springs along longitudinal edges of the spring assemblies. Side portions of each web of insulator material are glued, welded or otherwise permanently secured to a middle portion of the web of insulator material.

Abstract: A method and closure and container combination for packaging and sealing a commodity in a container that reduces headspace gases, in particular oxygen, allowing the packaged commodity to have a longer shelf life. The method is also useful for reducing stresses on containers that undergo filling at an elevated temperature and/or require in-container pasteurization or retort processes after fill and seal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for stretch wrapping a load in an efficient manner so as to tightly and securely wrap the load at a desired tension without rupturing the packaging material. The method and apparatus compensate for variation in demand rate as the load is wrapped so as to apply the wrapping material to a load at a desired force, maintain the desired containment tension on the wrapping material on the load after wrapping, and prevent the wrapping material from rupturing during wrapping. The apparatus combines two systems, power assisted roller stretch (“PRS”) and roller stretch (“RS”) to vary the supply rate of the packaging material as the demand rate varies. The apparatus automatically switches between the two types of prestretch to achieve “high” and “low” wrapping force dependent upon the demand rate.

Abstract: An unflapped envelope (60) is fed, with its crease line trailing, along a path (42) from an envelope feeder and between the rollers of a reversibly driveable roller pair (43), for onward transfer to, for example, an insertion station. When the crease line reaches a predetermined point in front of the roller pair (43), the drive is reversed and the envelope with the crease line leading directed along a flapper path, including a deflecting surface 46, to a flapping chamber or zone (47), at least until the flap (61) is engageable by flapper blade means (44;44a). The drive is then reversed again and the envelope driven back along the flapper path, a flap opening surface (49) of a flapper blade (44) or a pair of flapper blade elements (44a), causing the flap (61) to be stripped from the body of the envelope (60) as it exits the flapping zone, and proceeds to the insertion station.

Abstract: To detect product defects during the production of mailing products, hygiene products or folded paper products, optical imaging sensors or capacitive sensors monitor at least one characteristic parameter or feature of the products successively moving through the production machine, to detect an actual value of each characteristic parameter or feature of each product. The detected actual value is compared with a stored nominal value for the respective characteristic parameter or feature. The result of the comparison is used to initiate or control a further measure, such as ejecting a defective product from the production line, marking a defective product so that it can be visually recognized and manually removed from the production line, or initiating corrective measures to correct the cause of the defect. The characteristic parameters or features relate to the dimensions, the position, and/or the form of the product or parts of the product.

Abstract: A filling apparatus for, a filling system for and a method of introducing into a container a suspension or solution of a substance, in particular a pharmaceutical substance, in a propellant under pressure, the filling apparatus comprising: a main body (4) including a passageway (20) for communicating, in use, with a valve stem (144) extending from a head (141) of a body (139) of a container (138); a fill actuator (7) comprising a filling valve assembly (29) in communication with the passageway (20) for selectively introducing thereinto propellant under pressure containing a substance in a suspension or solution; an exhaust actuator (10) comprising an exhaust valve assembly (48) in communication with the passageway (20) for selectively exhausting therefrom propellant under pressure containing substance; and a container-engaging body (16) in communication with the passageway (20) for receiving, in use, the head (141) of the body (139) of the container (138), the container-engaging body (16) including a chamber

Abstract: The present invention discloses a vacuum bag sealing machine used for vacuumizing and sealing plastic bag containing food or the like therein so as to keep the food or the like fresh. The vacuum bag sealing machine comprises a main body consisted of a top cover and a base connected pivotally with the top cover; a static sealing unit including an upper and a lower sealing strip which are disposed on the front portion of the main body, the lower sealing strip being provided with a predetermined number of through holes; a vacuum generating unit including a vacuum pump and an exhaust tubule mounted on the base, the vacuum pump being communicated with the predetermined number of through holes formed in the lower sealing strip through the exhaust tubule; and a heating and opening-sealing unit. The vacuum bag sealing machine is improved in the static sealing unit and the vacuum generating unit, so that it has an increased sealing reliability and a quickened vacuumizing speed.

Abstract: During automatic supply and packing of a liquid composition containing granular constituents, a master liquid, not containing the granular constituents, of the liquid composition is continuously supplied to a packing bag formed from a packing film by making bottom and top seals, in this order, on the packing bag with the packing film being stroked and squeezed to remove a part of the master liquid from bag portions where the bottom and top seals are to be formed, and a second liquid, containing the granular constituents, of the liquid composition is intermittently supplied into the packing bag between the bottom and top seals. Thereby, a liquid composition containing granular constituents can be packed with the nearly same efficiency as that in continuous supply and packing of a liquid.

Abstract: The invention concerns an oil separator (2) for crankcase gases of an internal combustion engine, comprising a preliminary separator (28), a cyclone separator (30), a fine separator (32) and, if necessary, a valve device (36) that are provided in a cascade arrangement on a cylinder-head cover (4) of the internal combustion engine; in order to reduce the mutual interference of flowing crankcase gas and separated fluid, an oil drain opening (44) is provided upstream from the cyclone separator (30) in the flow or cascade direction, through which oil separated in the preliminary separator can be returned.

Abstract: Composite cordierite honeycomb structures especially suitable for diesel exhaust filtration applications comprise a non-oxide polycrystalline phase constituting 10-70% by weight, with the remainder of the ceramic material constituting a cordierite phase, the non-oxide polycrystalline phase being selected from the group consisting of carbides, nitrides, and borides. Preferably the non-oxide phase is either polycrystalline silicon carbide or polycrystalline silicon nitride and has a particle aspect ratio of less than 3. Inventive ceramic bodies are porous with an open porosity of at least 30%, preferably between 40% and 60%, and a median pore size of at least 5 micrometers, more preferably greater than 8 micrometers and less than 12 micrometers.

Abstract: A filter medium for use in particulate filtering applications is disclosed. The filter medium is formed from a substrate capable of retaining the desired physical structure of the filter medium under the conditions of the filtering application, including temperature. A polyimide based stiffening agent adapted for treating the substrate is also provided.

Abstract: A mower-conditioner includes a header or platform which is equipped with a rotary disc cutter bar having a relatively long length with at least two cutting units being outboard of a central discharge passage where a pair of conditioner rolls are mounted for receiving the cut crop. Aiding in conveying crop to the discharge passage are right- and left-hand sets of three crop converging drums provided at each side of the discharge passage. The outer drums of the two sets are respectively mounted to the top of the right- and left-hand end cutting units of the cutter bar while the other two drums on each side are located behind an inward and rearward extending line that is tangent to the cylindrical path traced by the outer and inner ones of the drums on each side of the discharge passage. In one embodiment, a direct drive transmission is provided, and in a second embodiment a hydraulic motor is provided, for driving the inner two converging drums of each set.

Abstract: An airboat having aquatic vegetation shredder includes an airboat having a buoyant hull and an aquatic vegetation shredding assembly supported on the hull. The airboat is driven by a propulsion assembly including a propeller that revolves in the air. These features cooperatively provide a low draft vessel that is capable of relatively higher forward speeds than other aquatic vegetation shredders and particularly effective in shallow water environments. Various alternative configurations of the shredding assembly are disclosed including upright and fore-and-aft shaft orientations for the cutting assembly and a drum and knife cutting assembly.