Abstract: A tool for spreading dual piston brake pads and for compressing the dual pistons of a dual piston disc brake assembly of the type including a disc brake caliper housing for the pads and pistons. The tool includes manually operated handles which drive a bracket assembly that engages the dual piston disc brake pads. The housing for the tool includes a plate which is engaged against the caliper housing. The plate and bracket assembly are driven in a manner which causes them to become spaced from one another. A mechanical advantage is achieved by utilization of handles with a lever arm extension associated with a pivotal handle.

Abstract: A hand tool designed for installing and extracting the elastic fastenings of railroad rails. The hand tool comprises a base body, mounted movably to the underside of which is an active part which acts on the fastening that is to be inserted or removed. A rotating head or a rotating part that can be pivoted about an essentially vertical axis is provided on the top of the main body, the head carrying a hand-powered member, such as a push bar, which extends to the side of the head. A force-multiplying transmission, which may for example be hydraulic, connects the hand-powered member to the active part. In this way the hand-powered member can, independently of the use position of the active part, be placed in a suitable orientation, particularly inside a safe zone.

Abstract: A conductor torquing system is provided for large diameter threaded conductor casing which comprises a lower chain vise adapted to grip a first joint of conductor casing, a plurality of movable arms operable to apply a retaining force to a second joint of conductor casing to maintain the latter in rotational contact with a spinning means. The spinning means is operable to rotationally make-up the second joint of conductor casing to the first joint of conductor casing to an initial make-up torque value. The apparatus also includes an upper chain vise for gripping the second joint of conductor casing and applying a final make-up torque to the threaded connection. The apparatus will allow a conductor connection to be made-up in a safe and efficient manner and generally assist in reaching the final torque stage more rapidly.

Abstract: A process for producing a potting transition which is more nearly planar and which is more repeatable from assembly to assembly. Devices for carrying out the process are also disclosed. A stranded cable comprising a containment jacket is stripped of its containment jacket for a short length to expose the end strands for termination (Obviously, in the case of a cable having no jacket, no stripping is required). The exposed strands are then placed in a barrier device to separate them into a region of exposed strands and a region of guarded strands. Potting compound is then applied to the exposed region. The barrier device prevents the potting compound from penetrating into the guarded region. The result is a distinct transition between a region of strands which have been wetted by the liquid potting compound (“wetted region”) and a region of strands which have not been wetted by the liquid potting compound (“unwetted region”).

Abstract: A toothed or splined shaft having an external toothing is pushed with clearance into an internal toothing of a hub, tooth to space, and the external toothing of the shaft is pressed together with the internal toothing of the hub. In the push-in position of the shaft, the latter is deformed plastically out of a cavity of the shaft in a radial circumferential widening operation and, so as to provide freedom from clearance between the spaces of the external toothing of the shaft and the internal toothing of the hub, the internal toothing engaging into the external toothing is pressed against the hub in such a way that the hub is deformed elastically and a press fit between the shaft and the hub is produced.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rack-and-pinion steering housing for transmission of steering force including the steps of pressing steering rod guide elements axially into open end regions of a tubular steering housing, and axially pressing the elements into the tubular housing to radially expand the housing end regions.

Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for joining structural members are provided. The apparatus includes a support structure of extendable members, each with an adjustable support surface for engaging the structural members so that structural members of different sizes and shapes can be accommodated. Gantries, which are longitudinally adjustable, support a joining device having co-operable heads that engage the structural members. The heads are adjustable in a transverse direction along the gantries so that the heads can be configured in an opposing configuration and used to join the structural members therebetween.

Abstract: A method for making foamed products includes the steps of: (a) foaming a foamable blank at an elevated temperature; (b) forming a plurality of blind holes in the blank which has been foamed, by using a mold having a plurality of protrusions, the protrusions pressing the blank to form the blind holes and to create densified depths respectively in the blind holes; (c) cross-cutting the blank along a plane which extends across the blind holes so that the blank is divided into a first foam sheet having a plurality of through holes and a second foam sheet having a plurality of blind bores with the densified depths; and (d) heating the second foam sheet to expand and to form the densified depths into projections protruding from the second foam sheet.

Abstract: A method of making a resonant frequency tag having a predetermined frequency comprises forming a first conductive pattern comprising an inductive element and a first land having a first end connected to an inductive element end, and a second end spaced a predetermined distance from the first end; separately forming a second conductive pattern comprising a second land having a predetermined width and a link element; placing the second conductive pattern proximate the first conductive pattern at a first location wherein the second land overlies a portion of the first land with a dielectric therebetween establishing capacitive element plates having a first capacitance along with the inductive element forming a resonant circuit; measuring the resonant circuit frequency and comparing the measured and predetermined frequencies moving the second land along of the first land length to match the resonant frequency; and securing the second conductive pattern to the first conductive pattern.

Abstract: A method of limiting movement of a head suspension away from a disk surface, the head suspension used for supporting a head slider over the disk surface in a rigid disk drive, the method comprising the steps of providing a load beam for use in a head suspension, the load beam having a mounting region, a rigid region and a spring region located between the mounting region and rigid region; forming a shock limiter from the same piece of material as the spring region of the load beam, the shock limiter comprising a cantilevered portion overlapping an overlapped portion of the head suspension; forming a head suspension from the load beam; and mounting the head suspension in a bard disk drive suspending a head slider over the surface of the disk, such that when an impact load causes the head suspension to move away from the surface of the disk, the shock limiter limits such movement

Abstract: An optical component manipulation system has two opposed jaws, which can each be independently positioned relative to each other in a coordinate plane to thereby effect the desired positioning of optical components within the larger system. Z-axis rigidity is provided by air-bearings. Laser heating of the jaws is used for solder, or similar heat driven bonding, processes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a kit and method for package-to-package conversion of a pick and place handler. An input arm assembly is provided with interchangeable vacuum leads such that package-to-package conversion only requires replacing the vacuum lead with a different size vacuum lead. An input/output shuttle plate is provided comprising a block and base plate. The block has a plurality of pocket groupings and a two or more alignment hole groupings. The base plate has two or more alignment pins. Package-to-package conversion is achieved by changing which alignment hole in each alignment hole grouping is set on the alignment pins, thereby selecting the pocket in each pocket grouping corresponding to the alignment hole used. A soak plate is provided having an array of pocket groupings, wherein each pocket grouping has the same pattern of different size/shape pockets to accommodate different packages.

Abstract: A tool for installing and removing flexible flat cable with respect to a protective sleeve has a groove for receiving the cable. The cable slides into and is formed into an arc by the groove and is supported evenly on both sides of the cable. With the full width of the cable in the groove, the tool slides down the length of the cable into the sleeve for the cable to be removed. As the tool slides into the sleeve, there is a smooth transition of the cable from flat to curved, and the cable and sleeve separate. The tool is slid through the sleeve as far as necessary for the needed action. After alternations to the sleeve or cable are complete, the tool is used to replace the cable back into the sleeve by reversing these steps.

Abstract: A connector holder holds a connector of a flat cable. Cable-folding members are provided on an arrangement path for the flat cable having the connector. The cable-folding member is provided at each of the folding positions of the flat cable that are specified on the arrangement path. The cable-folding member includes a positioning section for disposing the flat cable on the arrangement path and a direction-defining section for specifying a folding angle of the flat cable F in association with the positioning section. A successive folding apparatus and a successive folding method can enhance accuracies in dimension and operation in a successive folding process of a flat cable F.

Abstract: A riveting tool for heading rivets includes a riveter die and strike rod which, in use, engages the portion of the rivet shaft which projects beyond the components to head the rivet and produce the formed rivet head. The riveter die includes a head cavity open to a forward end thereof and which has a cavity profile which generally corresponds to a desired geometry of the formed rivet head to be produced. A bore extends longitudinally through the riveter die and opens into a rearward portion of the head cavity. The riveter die bore has a lateral cross-sectional profile corresponding to that of the rivet shaft. The strike rod comprises a longitudinally extending rod which has a lateral cross-sectional shape generally corresponding to that of the rivet shaft. The strike rod is slidably disposed within the riveter die bore so as to be selectively movable relative to the riveter die into engagement with the distal end of the rivet in heading operations.

Abstract: A manufacturing system for assembly of component parts to produce an article includes a plurality of separate process modules for executing the various process steps, and a plurality of magazine units, which can be coupled to the process modules, for storage and transport of article components produced in the process steps. The process modules have a substantially identical base structure which can be suited to the respective process steps.

Abstract: A riveting system for hammering a set of nails along a path having a rotatable upper table with a plurality of riveting mechanisms positioned along a plurality of radii on the upper table and a lower table having a plurality of upset members positioned along a plurality of radii on the lower table.

Abstract: A pressurizing method for pressurizing a second component arranged on a first component, against the first component by using a pressurizing apparatus having a stage on which the first component is mounted, a tool, and a protection sheet supplying section. The tool is disposed so as to face the stage and moved between a first position at which the tool faces the first and second components while spaced therefrom, and a second position at which the tool is biased toward the stage to pressurize the second component against the first component. When the tool is at the second position, the protection sheet supplying section supplies a protection sheet so that the protection sheet is placed between the second component and the tool.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring circuit board having bumps is disclosed in which a stable bump connection is possible, and complex operations such as plating pre-treatment are unnecessary. Bumps having a surface roughness on the tip face thereof of 0.2 to 20 ?m are formed by forming an etching mask for bump formation on bump formation surface of a metal foil which has a thickness (t1+t2) which is the sum of a thickness t1 of a wiring circuit and a height t2 of bumps to be formed on wiring circuit and which has a surface roughness of the bump formation surface thereof of 0.2 to 20 ?m, and half etching the metal foil from the side of the etching mask for bump formation to a depth corresponding to the desired bump height t2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing an interconnect between layers of a multilayer circuit board. A first via extending through a total thickness of a first layer is formed. The first via is totally filled with a first solid conductive plug and an end of the first solid conductive plug includes a first contact pad that is in contact with a surface of the first layer. A second via extending through a total thickness of a second layer is formed. The second via totally filling with a second solid conductive plug and an end of the second solid conductive plug includes a second contact pad that is in contact with a surface of the second layer. The second layer is electrically and mechanically coupled to the first layer by an electrically conductive adhesive that is in electrical and mechanical contact with both the end of the first plug and the end of the second plug.

Abstract: A surface-mount package for an oscillator crystal blank is made from a metal sheet substrate. Half-etched cavities are formed on one side of the sheet. The half-etched cavities are filled in with an insulator. The center of the insulator is drilled until metal is reached, leaving insulator on the sidewalls of the resulting drilled via. The bottom of the drilled via is plated with a contact metal such as nickel-gold, and then the entire drilled via is filled in with metal such as copper to form via-metal. An external metal surface-mount pad is formed on the surface of each via-metal. The metal sheet is flipped over, and a larger inner cavity etched through until the contact metal over the via-metal is reached. Conductive epoxy is placed on the contact metal, and electrodes on the crystal blank are attached to conductive epoxy.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube device including an inner electrode, having connecting step, connecting a carbon nanotube to the inner electrode, wherein the connecting step comprises: attaching a conductor to an end or periphery thereof of a needle-shaped or rod-shaped carrying electrode; arranging the carbon nanotube in contact or close to a predetermined connection part of the inner electrode; approaching the end of the carrying electrode on which the conductor is carried to the connection part; and transferring the conductor carried on the carrying electrode to the connection part or periphery thereof to connect the carbon nanotube to the inner electrode.

Abstract: A printhead assembly for an A4 pagewidth drop on demand printer includes a number of printhead modules situated along a metal channel. The metal channel is typically of a special alloy called “Invar 36”. Preferably the channel is nickel plated to help match it to the coefficient of thermal expansion of silicon, being the major component of each individual printhead module. The channel captures the printhead modules in a precise alignment relative to each other and the similar coefficient of thermal expansion of the “Invar” channel to the silicon chips allows similar relative movement during temperature changes.

Abstract: A cavity plate of an ink-jet head is formed by stacking a clad plate on a manifold plate. The clad plate is formed by unitarily bonding a first layer and a second layer, which are made of different materials. Pressure chambers and communicating holes to the pressure chambers are formed in the first and second layers, respectively. Each of the first and second layers is etched using an etching agent that is able to only one of the layers to form therein the pressure chambers or the communicating holes. Thus, the pressure chambers and the communicating holes are formed with high precision in depth. In addition, the cavity plate including the clad plate with a predetermined thickness is easy to handle when manufactured into an ink-jet head.

Abstract: A method of modifying a bath to accept a heater (30) using a fitting and pipe section assembly (10) is provided. The method includes cutting the assembly (10) along first and second indicia (17A and 17B) disposed at the ends of a pipe section (12) and removing a center segment (16) of the pipe section (12), leaving first and second end fittings (18A and 18B) with a gap therebetween. The method further includes inserting the heater within the gap without displacement of the fittings and securing the heater in fluid communication with the fittings with a fastening assembly. A method of forming a fitting and pipe section assembly to permit the mounting of a heater in fluid communication with tubing of a bath is also provided. A method of modifying a segment of tubing of a jetted bath to accept a heater is further provided.

Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a compound helically toothed planet gear for a planetary gear set wherein the individual gear elements of the compound planet gear have different leads. The method identifies and utilizes the several factors affecting gear timing for compound helical planet gears having different leads to provide planet gears capable of attaining equal load share among the several gears of the planetary gear set. Specifically, the method of the present invention utilizes a mounting shoulder and bore axis to provide common locating features for use throughout the manufacturing process The method further provides for bore honing and removal of equal amounts of material from both sides of each gear tooth in the gear finishing process so as not to alter gear timing between the compound gear elements.

Abstract: A machine for presenting a tire with the axis horizontal, allowing access to the inside of the tire, which has a frame bearing an upright on which a support for the tire is mounted for vertical translation, the support ensuring on its own the holding and rotation of the tire about its axis by being in contact with the latter solely via a toric section of the tire, this section being arranged substantially vertically when the tire is installed on the machine.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a road-bound, horizontally fitted vehicle body with a roof unit having an outer skin and an inward facing ceiling, or an outer skin and an inward facing ceiling with a ceiling frame, whereby the roof unit is a unit ready for installation, and a basic structure having longitudinal frames and side wall columns, the ceiling and the outer skin along with the basic structure having joining configurations that mate with each other at mutual places for joining. The ceiling has at least one fitting from a group of fittings consisting of fittings for a ceiling cover, interior cladding, cushioning against impact, sun shields, an interior rear view mirror, interior lighting, wiring, operating and display elements, sliding, raising, folding, lamellar and glass roofs, and their frame parts and the drive elements, and roof hand grips.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a beard trimmer with an internal vacuum system that collects the hair clippings generated by the trimmer during grooming. The beard trimmer is comprised of two main mechanisms, a beard trimmer and a vacuum powered suction unit. The beard trimmer with internal vacuum is comprised of an external body, which houses a motor, wiring, and a power source. Additionally, the beard trimmer casing also houses the vacuum powered suction unit. The beard trimmer also includes of a pair of reciprocating cutting blades and an electric motor that drives the blades. The vacuum powered suction unit includes an air intake, a filter unit, a hamster cage or turbine style impeller, a filter unit housing, and at least one external exhaust port. The suction unit is designed to capture the clippings created by the blades during grooming. The resultant trimmer allows an operator to trim facial hair while simultaneously collecting hair clippings created by the trimming process.

Abstract: A stabilizer jig for holding a distance measuring laser for determining distances measured along an angle. When an escalator is being installed in a construction site, the jig may be used to make difficult distance measurements between floors to ascertain that the construction distances are correct for the manufactured escalator system. A rotating pocket holds the laser and measures the angle while holding the laser steady as it makes the distance determination.

Abstract: A two wire laser control circuit for a laser leveler includes a switch mounted on a housing and having an electrical current passing therethrough. The switch has a first position and a second position. A diode bridge is mounted on a pendulum. A plurality of laser diodes are mounted on the pendulum and are electrically coupled to the diode bridge. A first wire extends from the switch to the diode bridge. A second wire extends from the switch to the diode bridge. Current from the switch passes through the first wire to the diode bridge and to one of the plurality of laser diodes when the switch is in the first position. Current from the switch passes through the second wire through the diode bridge and to all of the plurality of laser diodes when the switch is in the second position.

Abstract: A teaching device for teaching students different scales of measure and aiding in the taking of accurate measurements by users of the device includes a first face that is marked with standard units of measure such as feet, inches, and fractions of inches. Each scale represents a different unit of measure scale and is arranged next to smaller scale in an order such that the feet measurement is arranged next to the inch scale. The inch measure is also arranged to the half-inch scale which is arranged next to the quarter inch scale. This continues such that each succeeding scale is arranged between a larger and smaller scale. A second face is marked with scales representing metric units of measurement. Each scale on the second face represents a unit of measurement on one order of magnitude smaller than the preceding scale.

Abstract: A head for the linear dimension checking of mechanical pieces including a casing, an arm carrying a feeler for touching the mechanical piece to be checked, a fulcrum for enabling displacements of the arm with respect to the casing and a transducer for providing signals depending on the position of the arm with respect to the casing. Various components of the head can be adjusted and/or replaced from the exterior of the casing. The transducer is of the inductive, half-bridge type, with multiple windings. An integral element for the electric connection to a processing unit includes the windings of the transducer, a cable and a connector. A checking apparatus, including at least a gauging or measuring head, includes a stationary structure and at least a support structure for the head, coupled to the stationary structure in an adjustable and removable way.

Abstract: A scanning probe (1, 10) according to the present invention includes a measurement stylus (stylus) (6) movably supported via elastic members (5D, 5E, 5F) on a probe body (4), fine feeders (3, 7) for moving the probe body (4) and the measurement stylus (6) against a workpiece within a fine range, a contacting force detector (5G) for detecting a contacting force between the measurement stylus (6) and a surface of the workpiece, and a contacting force adjuster (8) for adjusting the contacting force by removing the inertial force acting to the measurement stylus (6) because of acceleration from the contacting force. Because of this feature, a measuring force can be adjusted by providing feedback controls to the fine feeders (3, 7), so that the tracking capability is ensured to provide a high response rate and high precision in measurement.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in determining the pinion angle of the differential or transmission of a motor vehicle includes an attachment which is detachably mountable to the input shaft or the output shaft. A camber gauge having longitudinal levels is detachably mounted to the attachment to measure the attitude of the differential or the transmission to which it is mounted.

Abstract: A tool and tool holder with a permanent magnet mounted upon one and a magnetically permeable keeper on the other are provided with respective camming surfaces which are cooperatively engaged when the tool is rotated, breaking the magnetic attraction between opposing surfaces of the magnet and keeper to facilitate removal of the tool from the holder. A cup-like receptacle is mounted upon a body portion of the tool, disclosed in each of two embodiments as a flexible, metal measuring tape contained within a hollow housing, and one of the magnet and keeper is disposed within this receptacle. The camming surface on the tool comprises convex protrusions within the receptacle in a first embodiment, and protrusions extending outwardly from the periphery of the receptacle in a second embodiment. A recess is formed in a surface of the holder to receive the receptacle on the tool when the latter is releasably mounted upon the holder.

Abstract: A slide caliper assembly comprises a caliper including a shaft defining a gaging surface. A first jaw is coupled to and a second jaw is slidably coupled to the shaft. Each jaw defines a gaging surface. One of the jaws is adjustably pivotable relative to the shaft about a pivot axis coinciding with an intersection of the gaging surface of the shaft and another axis extending along the associated gaging surface of one of the jaws. A case houses the caliper, and has a plurality of side edge sections defining a periphery of the case. One side edge section and an adjacent side edge section form a non-right angle therebetween such that the shaft can abut the side edge section, the first jaw can abut an adjacent side edge section, and the second jaw can abut another adjacent side edge section for calibrating or demonstrating the use of the caliper.

Abstract: A body drying apparatus includes a housing for dissipating heated air outwardly therefrom and is situated within a plenum having at least one rear wall abutted against an interior surface of the plenum. The housing further has a front wall including a vent formed therein and a top wall provided with an opening in fluid communication with the vent. The vent is provided with a grill for channeling the heated air. The present invention further includes a power unit and a plurality of flexible conduits for directing ambient air into the power unit and for directing the heated air out from the power unit. The power unit is electrically coupled to an external power supply source. A mechanism is included for remotely operating the power unit such that a user may toggle the apparatus between on and off modes.

Abstract: A freeze dryer comprising a chamber having a rectangular slot through which vials are inserted into the chamber, and a slot door for forming a seal with the chamber to close the slot. To enable the vials to be subsequently removed from the chamber, the slot door is raised. As the door is raised, it is rotated to expose the rear surface of the door for cleaning purposes.

Abstract: An integrated article of footwear including a waterproofing membrane direct attached to an upper of the footwear. An outsole is further secured to the membrane and/or the upper. In one embodiment, the membrane includes a visible aesthetic bead in the footwear forefoot region, but not the heel region. The membrane may be of greater thickness in the forefoot region to provide added rigidity. A heel cradle is positioned in the footwear heel region between the upper and the outsole. The footwear provides the durability of a direct attach construction in the forefoot and the comfort and cushion of an athletic construction in the heel of the shoe. A method for constructing the footwear includes direct attaching the membrane to an upper of the shoe. Optionally, a heel cradle is disposed in the heel region of the shoe, and the outsole is secured to the heel cradle and/or upper there.

Abstract: An article of footwear is disclosed that includes upper and a sole structure. The upper defines an interior void that is configured to receive the sole structure and a foot. A lower surface of the upper defines a plurality of apertures, and the sole structure includes a plurality of projections that extend through the apertures to form a ground-engaging surface. The projections are connected to a foot-supporting member that remains within the upper. A locking system is incorporated into the upper and sole structure to secure the sole structure to the upper.

Abstract: A fluid-filled bladder for an article of footwear is disclosed that includes a sealed outer barrier and a tensile member. The barrier is substantially impermeable to a fluid contained by the bladder, and the tensile member is located within the barrier and bonded to opposite sides of the barrier. The tensile member defines a flexion area that promotes flexing of a first portion of the bladder with respect to a second portion of the bladder. The flexion area is an area where the tensile member is absent, and the flexion area may have the configuration of a space, aperture, or indentation, for example.

Abstract: A shoe including a plate capable of being deflected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major longitudinal axis of the shoe, an arch bridge integral with the plate, and at least one inflated cushion spaced apart from the plate during the entire walking gait cycle of the wearer, during the entire running gait cycle of the wearer, when the shoe is in an unloaded state and at all other times.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for securing a reversible cleat having a securing mechanism, an anchoring mechanism adapted to be attached to a sole of a shoe, and a cleat having a first side and a second side and placed between the securing mechanism and the anchoring mechanism. The second side faces toward the anchoring mechanism when the securing mechanism is removably secured to the anchoring mechanism. The second side is repositioned to face away from the anchoring mechanism by removing the securing mechanism from the anchoring mechanism, removing and repositioning the cleat with the second side facing away from the anchoring mechanism, and removably securing the securing mechanism to the anchoring mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus for suction and discharge of material comprises a container (9) with a suction opening (19) for letting in a sucked-up air/material mixture and a discharge opening (14) for discharging material. The container (9) is rotatable and has inner conveying means (18) which upon rotation of the container (9) are adapted to convey the material to the discharge opening (14).

Abstract: An earthmoving vehicle has an operating arm that is raised and lowered by a hydraulic system. The hydraulic system includes a drain line and at least one actuator connected to the operating arm. The actuator defines a variable-volume chamber connectable to the drain line to lower the operating arm. The hydraulic fluid discharged from the chamber flows through a proportional safety valve adjacent to the actuator and a distributor valve that is driven by a pilot control valve to allow free flow to the drain line. Thus, the lowering of the operating arm is controlled solely by the proportional safety valve.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method and apparatus for loading articles such as stockings, socks and the like onto an ironing machine being provided with relevant support shapes; the apparatus (1) comprises: a tubular chamber (3) with an inlet section (20) for the introduction of articles (M), connected upstream with a supply machine (PP) able to transfer the articles according to a preset order; a temporary support element (4) on which the article (M) can be filtered, said support element (4) being located within said chamber (3) with its longitudinal axis (x—x) coincident with and parallel to that of the same chamber (3) and subdivided into two semi-parts (44) which can move close to and, respectively, away from each other; means (5) for the removal and positioning of the articles (M) able to remove an article (M) from said temporary support element (4) and to fit it onto a shape (6).

Abstract: A system is provided to allow one to utilize fences in order to display text and designs. This is suitable for advertising applications. This is also suitable to make chain-link fences into privacy fences. The apparatus is an insert which may be snapped into position relative to fence components such as a chain-link fence. It includes a display plate, a plurality of side plates, a lower lip, and at least one latch member. Preferably, all of these components are integrally formed into one piece. The insert snaps into position relative to the components of a chain-link fence. The inserts may be colored. The inserts may carry lighting elements. The inserts may carry translucent portions. The inserts may carry reflective components. The inserts may carry movable components. The inserts may carry cut-out portions. Additionally, an internet-moderated method is disclosed which allows for customers to provide their design information and requirements.

Abstract: An extruded snap frame panel arrangement assembly for the biased pinching of a display panel therewithin. The arrangement includes an elongated back frame plate, a front frame plate and an elongated S-shaped double curved snap plate integrally co-extruded with the back plate and front plate, for biasedly pinching the display panel therebetween. A separate cover plate is slidably attached to the S-shaped double-curved snap plate for providing a further bias to the pinching of the display panel.

Abstract: A polymeric tag has a body and an integral insertion leg which is tapered to facilitate insertion either into the soil or into a slot formed in the edge of a pot. Spaced from the end on each edge of the leg and in alignment with one another along the longitudinal length of the leg are convex outwardly extending projections immediately adjacent a symmetrical concave indentation on a side proximate the tag body. The combination of the curvilinear convex projections and concave indentations provides an easily insertable mechanism for allowing the insertion of the tag into the slot of a pot, and, once the convex projection clears the edge of the slot, the tag is locked in position with the concave indentation engaging the edges of the slot and the convex projection extending beyond the edge of the slot and engaging the underside of the pot rim.