Abstract: A valve apparatus is adapted to be at least partially inserted into an insertion hole of a counterpart member. The valve apparatus includes a housing and an O-ring. The housing is adapted to be inserted from an outside of the insertion hole into the insertion hole. The housing and the insertion hole define an annular gap therebetween. The O-ring seals the annular gap. The housing includes a base metallic member and an outer resin member. The base metallic member is substantially cylindrical, and is inserted into the insertion hole. The outer resin member is fixed to the base metallic member. The outer resin member at least partially defines an outer circumferential periphery of the housing. The base metallic member defines a bottom surface of a groove that supports the O-ring. The bottom surface of the groove is exposed circumferentially throughout from the outer resin member. The outer resin member defines a resin wall that restricts the O-ring from axially moving.

Abstract: A valve for the hydraulic braking of work machines comprises an outer casing provided with a longitudinal seat and with at least one-to-third connection port, a slider slideable along the seat and provided with a contoured portion to control passage of the fluid through the connecting ports, and a reaction surface which is connected to the third connecting port, and an actuation for actuating sliding of the slider in the seat, which comprises first elastic element, interposed between the casing and the slider to contrast pressurized fluid thrust against the reaction surface, second elastic element interposed between a first abutment element of the slider and a second abutment element arranged inside the casing, which are adapted to contrast thrust of the first elastic element, and a manual actuation for actuating loading/unloading of the second elastic element.

Abstract: A rotary valve for a fluid flow line comprises a valve tube having at least one lumen for unobstructed fluid flow of the fluid flow line therethrough. The valve tube has at least one side aperture communicating with the lumen. A housing is provided which is sealingly and rotatably mounted on the exterior of the valve tube. The housing defines at least one lateral port which registers with the side aperture in a first rotational position of the housing, while the lateral port is sealingly and rotationally spaced from the side aperture in a second rotational position of the housing. Preferably, the lumen is unobstructed and open in every rotational position of the housing.

Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting liner for a pipe support includes a flexible mat containing spaced-apart slots; and a cylindrically-curved buffer in tight engagement with the mat in each slot, wherein the cylindrically-curved buffer is made of a non-metallic, non-elastomer material that can withstand compressive strength of at least 8,000 psi, and has a friction coefficient less than 0.35. The slots are dove-tail slots, and the greatest thickness of the mat combined with a buffer is less than three-fourths of an inch. The length of each buffer is substantially the same, and is within the range of 1.5 inch to 24 inches.

Abstract: A duct main body is formed into a hollow tubular shape having in an interior thereof an intake passageway for introducing outside air into an internal combustion engine by connecting integrally a plurality of divided bodies such as a first divided body and a second divided body which are formed of a thermoplastic resin and has in a duct wall of the second divided body an opening which establishes a communication between the inside and outside of the intake passageway. An air-permeable member is insert molded in the second divided body in such a manner as to cover the opening. The air-permeable member has on an outer edge thereof a joining portion which is impregnated with the thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A composite papermaking fabric comprising an upper support fabric and a lower contact fabric. The upper fabric is formed of warp yarns, fabric born warp yarns and weft yarns interwoven to provide the upper fabric with a support surface forming a one up, one down weave. The lower fabric is formed of the fabric born warp yarns interwoven with weft yarns in a weave pattern which provides a weft yarn dominated contact surface. Each of the fabric born warp yarns also weaves over at least one of the upper fabric weft yarns during each repeat of the weave pattern forming binding points which bind the upper and lower fabrics together.

Abstract: A papermaking fabric includes a series of repeat units, each of the repeat units including: a set of top machine direction (MD) yarns; a set of top cross machine direction (CMD) yarns interwoven with the set of top MD yarns; a first set of bottom CMD yarns, the first set of bottom CMD yarns arranged in pairs; a second set of bottom CMD yarns, the second set of bottom CMD yarns arranged as single yarns; a set of bottom CMD yarns interwoven with the first and second set of bottom MD yarns; and a set of pairs of MD stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom CMD yarns, each pair of MD stitching yarns sandwiching a respective immediately adjacent bottom MD yarn of the second set. Each of the yarns of a pair of the first set of bottom MD yarns interweaves with the bottom CMD yarns in the same pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed are metallic wire with high surface quality and low-cost suitable for use as material for grip rings and a producing method and apparatus thereof. Metallic wire 34 deformed in a coil shape is passed through a shape correction unit 14 so as to straighten it. Furthermore, while upper and lower pressing rollers 19, 20, 26, 27 prevent the metallic wire 34 from warping upwardly and downwardly, wedge-shaped grooves are continuously formed on the metallic wire 34 by means of a first cutting roller 21 and a second cutting roller 23.

Abstract: A method of assembling a fluid dispenser comprising: a dispenser member (2), such as a pump, the member including an inlet tube (22; 61) in which there extends an inlet for admitting fluid into the dispenser member; a reservoir (10) for containing fluid, said reservoir comprising a cylinder (11; 11?) and a follower-piston (14) that is slidably mounted in said cylinder; and an annular dish (32; 32?) presenting an outer periphery (33) that is secured to the cylinder (11; 11?), and an inner periphery (321) defining an opening (20) of section that is small relative to the cylinder, the working volume of the reservoir (10) being defined between the dish (32; 32?) and the follower-piston (14) over a height of the cylinder, the method including the successive steps of: filling the reservoir (10) with fluid; and engaging the tube (22) in leaktight manner in the opening.

Abstract: Locking structures and syringe systems provide increased locking force and/or sealing between a syringe and another syringe or applicator tip coupled thereto. One locking structure includes a tubular member having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, one or more first tabs projecting from the exterior surface of the tubular member so as to at least partially encircle the tubular member, and means for increasing resistance between the one or more first tabs and corresponding structure (e.g., grooves) of a device (e.g., a syringe or applicator tip) that is selectively coupleable to the tubular member.

Abstract: A fuel tank system includes a fill tube in communication with a tank; and a sealing device in the fill tube. A vent valve is mounted on the tank, the vent valve being open during a filling operation of the tank with a fuel and during periods of normal use of the tank. A vent pipe has a first end connected to the tank and with a second end in communication with the fill tube. The vent pipe is configured to allow vapors to escape from the tank without creating a substantial over pressure inside the tank so that the filling operation takes place without pressure in the tank, and the vent valve is open during the filling operation without pressure in the tank.

Abstract: This application relates to a fuel dispensing system and method for safely regulating transfer of fuel between a fuel dispenser and a fuel recipient. The fuel dispensing system may be used, for example, to replenish electric vehicles that use refillable electrochemical power generation systems, such as fuel cell hybrid systems using hydrogen fuel. The system employs a combination of interlocks and other safety features specifically adapted for high-risk indoor environments. Fueling cannot commence until the dispenser and the recipient are electrically bonded to minimize the risk of spark generation. The system may include, for example, a fuel supply subsystem for preventing fuel flow except during a fueling session, an immobilization subsystem for preventing relative movement of the dispenser and the recipient during a fueling session, a communication subsystem for enabling data exchange between the dispenser and the recipient, and a leak detection subsystem for monitoring the fueling site for fuel leaks.

Abstract: A nozzle ejects a liquid stream generally horizontally inward from a location near the periphery of a tank, and fairly close to the upper surface of liquid in the tank. The liquid stream impinges on a splash plate or deflector to break the liquid stream into a reasonably uniform dispersion of droplets over a substantial area of the surface of the liquid in the tank, which reduces the surface foam.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, an apparatus for self-sealing of a reaction vessel, such that the reaction vessel may be repeatedly accessed by a fluid transfer mechanism and subsequently self-sealed, is detailed. The reaction vessel has an access opening, and the apparatus comprises a cap, a ball which is comprised of a magnetizable material (such as a ferrous metal), and a ring magnet. The cap is sized to fit over the reaction vessel access opening, and has an access port. The cap has an internal surface which faces the reaction vessel, and an external surface, which faces away from the reaction vessel. The ball is sized to fit over the cap access port, such that a portion of the ball seats partially in the cap access port on the cap internal surface, thus sealing the cap access port. According to an aspect of the invention, the ball may be comprised of a ferromagnetic material, or a magnetizable material that is preferably magnetized.

Abstract: An apparatus for fueling a fuel-cell-powered device having a profile and a fuel inlet. The apparatus comprises at least one fuel port having an outlet and at least one adaptor associated with the fuel port. The adaptor is configured to receive the fuel-cell-powered device. Means for releasably and sealingly engaging the fuel inlet of the fuel-cell-powered device to the outlet of the fuel port are also provided. The outlet of the fuel port is operative to dispense fuel when it is in sealed engagement with the fuel inlet of the fuel-cell-powered device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement in connection with a crosscutting saw of a harvester (1). Herein, a lattice-like structure composed of strips (17) is provided in a saw casing (10) of the crosscutting saw, the structure being substantially on the same section plane as the rotational movement of a chain (12) of the crosscutting saw. The strips are arranged in the saw casing in such a manner that substantially each movement path tangent generated at a lower edge (16) in a guide bar (13) of the chain or at an outer track (20) on the side of the saw casing in the chain wheel is arranged to encounter a surface (19) in the strip. This provides a structure that enhances a controlled removal of sawdust or other pieces flowing to the saw casing (10) during sawing.

Abstract: The process includes heating of steel alloy parts in the presence of hydrogen prior to introduction of, for example, carburizing gas, preferably acetylene, in the presence of a diluent carrier gas. The process uses a continuous cycle involving only one carburizing (boost) step and one diffusion step, and high velocity gas quenching. The process is advantageously carried out in a unique, versatile vacuum furnace (also having high internal pressure capability) that provides very high velocity, continuous flow gas quenching, and a furnace design, including a long, low profile work zone configuration and quench gas recirculation equipment and flow pattern that facilitates high velocity gas flow. The entire process is accomplished in a single self-contained chamber of the furnace.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and composition for coating a ferrous metal surface with a zirconium/vanadium conversion coating which is substantially free of an organic film forming composition and tannins. The method is a low temperature method which contemplates an aqueous conversion coating composition which is low in phosphates and which comprises zirconium, vanadium, fluoride, as well as phosphate ions in a ratio and a concentration effective for providing a conversion-coated ferrous metal surface.

Abstract: This method enables us to produce reinforced titanium composite parts with a low manufacturing cost and in which it is possible to control the percentage of reinforcement achieved on the basis of obtaining a titanium composite reinforcement material, formed preferably of titanium borides and/or carbides, by means of SHS techniques, and which is melted together with a consumable ingot of titanium or non-reinforced titanium alloy. The parts produced have a proportion of titanium boride and/or carbide which may range from 0% to 70% by weight.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an aluminum alloy being excellent in wear resistance, containing, in mass %, 12.0 to 13.7% of Si, 2.0 to 5.0% of Cu, 0.1 to 1.0% of Mg, 0.8 to 1.3% of Mn, 0.10 to 0.5% of Cr, 0.05 to 0.20% of Ti, 0.5 to 1.3% of Fe, 0.003 to 0.02% of P, and has a Ca content controlled to less than 0.005 mass %, the balance being Al and inevitable impurities; and an aluminum alloy sliding member excellent in wear resistance, which has in mass %, 12.0 to 14.0% of Si, 2.0 to 5.0% of Cu, 0.1 to 1.0% of Mg, 0.8 to 1.3% of Mn, 0.10 to 0.5% of Cr, 0.05 to 0.20% of Ti, 0.5 to 1.3% of Fe, 0.003 to 0.02% of P, and has a Ca content controlled to less than 0.005 mass %, the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and contains primary crystals of Si having a grain diameter of 20 ?m or more in an amount of 20 pieces/mm2 or less. The alloy may contain one or two of 0.0001 to 0.01 mass % of B, and 0.3 to 3.0 mass % of Ni.

Abstract: A method of improving and strengthening the performance of metal and protecting the metal against degradation and suppression thereof by controlling ultrasonic impact is disclosed. The method addresses the problems of degradation of metal properties during prolonged service under external forces, thermodynamic fluctuations and negative environmental factors. The method also relates to the technologies oriented to protect against (prevent) and to suppress the danger of materials failure due to unfavorable change in performance over time. The well-known methods of “combating” metal degradation cover a wide range of technologies from metallurgical alloying during melting, casting, welding and application of coatings to various thermal treatments and effects on the surface. The invention provides a new versatile method of addressing degradation problems in all these cases.

Abstract: A method for operating a hardening furnace with hydrogen cooling, including filling the interior of the furnace with workpieces, sealing the interior of the furnace and evacuating it, filling the interior of the furnace with an inert gas, convective heating the workpieces with circulation of the inert gas, evacuating the interior of the furnace, further heating the workpieces by radiant heating and maintaining a theoretical temperature, switching off the heating, filling the interior of the furnace with hydrogen under high pressure, and circulating the hydrogen for cooling the workpieces, evacuating the interior of the furnace and filling it with an inert gas up to approximately atmospheric pressure, and opening the furnace and unloading the workpieces.

Abstract: A method for heat treating thick-walled forgings including heating a low alloy steel to an austenitizing temperature, wherein the low alloy steel comprises carbon of about 0.05-0.2 wt. %, manganese of about 0.3-0.8 wt. %, and nickel of about 0.25-1.0 wt. %. The method further includes quenching the low alloy steel in a quench media, and then tempering the low alloy steel for less than about thirty minutes per inch of critical section thickness plus about two hours.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of drop forge parts essentially comprising titanium, zirconium, hafnium or a corresponding alloy, enabling rigidity thereof to be increased.

Abstract: Two copper alloys are provided. The first copper alloy may have a composition in the range of from 0.2 to 0.6 wt % chromium, from 0.005 to 0.25 wt % silver, and the balance copper. The second copper alloy may have a composition in the range of from 0.2 to 0.6 wt % chromium, from 0.01 to 0.12 wt % magnesium, and the balance copper. The copper alloys of the present invention may also include zirconium to provide additional softening resistance. These copper alloys can easily be drawn or rolled to fine and ultra fine sizes (0.010 inch and smaller) to be used as a single end wire and constructions made therefrom.

Abstract: A pyrotechnic composition comprising microcrystalline nitrocellulose which is characterized as an ultra low-smoke composition. The pyrotechnic composition includes at least one flame coloring agent, and may be produced with or without an optional oxidizing agent, with or without an optional metal powder, with or without an optional chlorine donor. Upon combustion, the pyrotechnic composition produces illuminating emissions having desired colors and luminosity characteristics with significantly reduced or toxic combustion products and smoke.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a head cover for golf clubs, particularly, an “L”-shaped head cover designed to be suitable for a putter head. The head cover includes a first receiving part which receives a club head, and a second receiving part which receives a portion of a shaft adjacent to the head and is integrated with the first receiving part. The first receiving part has a toe end and a heel end, and the second receiving part extends from a heel end of the first receiving part to be perpendicular to the first receiving part. The toe end and the heel end of the first receiving part are completely isolated from the exterior. The second receiving part has an expandable slot which extends linearly from an end opening to the heel end. Further, a pair of separable fasteners is provided on opposite sides of the slot.

Abstract: A golf club grip cover that is fully reversible and can function as a standard golf towel. One surface of the cover is constructed of a water resistant fabric and the other surface is constructed of an absorbent fabric. When in its forward orientation, the cover's water resistant exterior protects the golf club grips and the golfer's glove from wet playing conditions. When in its reverse orientation, the cover's absorbent exterior allows the golfer to wipe away any moisture or other substance that collected on the golf club grips and the golfer's glove while in use.

Abstract: A band for use on a tire having a circumferential tread with one or more circumferential grooves provided therein. The band is configured to be installed into one of the grooves in the tread to affect the appearance and/or performance of the tire.

Abstract: The invention relates to bicycle tires with at least one reinforcement layer that contains strength supports and that is arranged between carcass and tread rubber and/or between carcass layers below the tread rubber and/or within the tread rubber. For a high resistance to puncturing with low weight, the reinforcement layer contains multifilament threads of more than 30 polyester/polyarylate filaments, and the filaments are spun from molten liquid-crystal polymer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heat pipe (10) according to one preferred embodiment includes following steps: providing a heat pipe preform (11) having an open end (13); filling working liquid (14) in the heat pipe preform; and sealing the open end of the heat pipe preform using a cover (12) by a friction welding process.

Abstract: A method has been described here for assembling insulating glass panes from two or more than two glass sheets (31, 32), which are filled with a gas other than air, in a device with two plates facing each other (1, 2), which are arranged parallel to each other vertically or inclined and their mutual distance can be changed, with a horizontal conveyor (3) with a conveying direction (4) arranged near the lower edge of the plates (1, 2) along the length of the lower edges of the plates (1, 2), having a first sealing device (5) and a second sealing device (6), which are positioned at the protruding edges of both the plates (1, 2) or near these edges or between the plates (1, 2) and can extend between the horizontal conveyor (3) and a point lying above the horizontal conveyor (3), and having means for feeding a gas other than air into a chamber, which is delimited on both the sides by the two plates (1, 2) and by the two sealing devices (5, 6).

Abstract: An automatic plant for producing tyres includes a plurality of work stations and a plurality of devices for transferring the tyres from one work station to another work station and for moving the tyres within a same work station. Each work station is designed to assemble one or more corresponding structural components of the tyres. At least one of the structural components is supplied from a machine for producing the at least one structural component, through a dynamic storage unit, and to at least one of the work stations. A method for producing tyres includes making at least one structural component of the tyres, supplying the at least one structural component to a toroidal support, assembling the at least one structural component on the toroidal support, transferring the tyres from one work station to another, moving the tyres within a same work station, and vulcanizing the tyres.

Abstract: Splicing tapes including an alignment indicium are provided. Methods of using such splicing tapes and webs spliced with such tapes are also described.

Abstract: A wire/fiber ring having two layers applied in four clock positions. Each layer includes a first material strand having a first diameter and a second material strand having a second diameter different from the first diameter. A second or any subsequent layer is disposed such that there is unambiguous nesting between strands in adjacent layers. After the array is built-up, wire is over-wrapped around the array to hold it in place during subsequent consolidation steps, which take place after the built-up array is sealed in an air-tight container and evacuated. After heating and application of pressure a wire/fiber array having a void content of about 12% and a fiber content of between about 0% to 70% and preferably between about 30% and 45% can be achieved.

Abstract: A structured material is transferred to a substrate. A release film is applied to a carrier. A material is deposited on a surface of the release film. The material is processed to form the structured material. The structured material is coupled to the substrate. The release film is exposed to reduce adhesion strength between the release film and the carrier, and the carrier and the release film are removed from the structured material.

Abstract: A manufacturing process of the invention by the use of warm lamination methodto adhere to an IC card having multi electronic componentsis disclosed. The invention mainly intends to prevent the built-in multi electronic components of the IC card from being damaged during the thermal pressing process. In the meantime, the invention can improve yield as well as complete the adhesion of the IC card under the condition having using only the IC card's pressing facility already have that can conform the conditions of the present manufacturing process without affecting the capacity of the production scale. The steps of the manufacturing process are as follows. (I). printing beforehand the upper layer and lower layer of the main body into the required panel in accordance with demands. (II). depending on the requirements, milling hole beforehand for the upper layer of the IC card's main body in accordance with the relative location of the multi electronic components of the built-in IC chip etc.

Abstract: The invention ensures fluidity of an anisotropic conductive adhesive film during electrical connection of the connection terminals of circuit boards to the connection portions of electronic devices using the anisotropic conductive adhesive film, in such a manner that the conductive particles are effectively confined, that the pressure required for compression bonding is not increased, and that the temporary bonding of the circuit boards to the electronic devices is effected at sufficient strength.

Abstract: A plasma processing system including a plasma chamber for processing a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a chuck configured for supporting a first surface of the substrate. The apparatus also includes a plasma resistant barrier disposed in a spaced-apart relationship with respect to a second surface of the substrate, the second surface being opposite the first surface, the plasma resistant barrier substantially shielding a center portion of the substrate and leaving an annular periphery area of the second surface of the substrate substantially unshielded by the plasma resistant barrier. The apparatus further includes at least one powered electrode, the powered electrode operating cooperatively with the plasma resistant barrier to generate confined plasma from a plasma gas, the confined plasma being substantially confined to the annular periphery portion of the substrate and away from the center portion of the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus to treat a substrate including a vacuum chamber having a plasma space where plasma is generated and a treating space where a substrate is treated, an extract electrode disposed between the plasma space and the treating space, a power supply to provide power to the extract electrode, and a controller to control the power supply so that a cation beam and a negative charge beam are alternately extracted from a plasma in the plasma space to the treating space.

Abstract: A plasma processing system includes a processing chamber, a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate for plasma processing, and a gas injection assembly. The gas injection assembly includes a first evacuation port located substantially in a center of the gas injection assembly and configured to evacuate gases from a central region of the substrate, and a gas injection system configured to inject gases in the process chamber. The plasma processing system also includes a second evacuation port configured to evacuate gases from a peripheral region surrounding the central region of the substrate.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus which contributes to reducing required time for maintenance and thereby to enhancing the efficiency of processing and that of apparatus operation is to be provided. A vacuum processing apparatus comprises a vacuum vessel in which a substrate-shaped sample is arranged in an internally arranged processing chamber in which the pressure is reduced; a transfer chamber to which the vacuum vessel is linked and through whose inside reduced in pressure the sample is transferred; a passage which establishes communication between the transfer chamber and the vacuum vessel in a state in which the transfer chamber and the processing chamber are linked to each other and through whose inside the sample not yet processed or already processed is transferred; and a covering member which is removably coupled to cover the internal wall face of the passage, wherein the sample is processed within the processing chamber with a plasma formed in the processing chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring alignment of polysilicon shapes relative to a silicon area wherein the presence of an electrical coupling is used to determine the presence of bias or misalignment. Bridging vertices on the polysilicon shapes are formed. Bridging vertices over the silicon area create low resistance connections between those bridging vertices and the silicon area; other bridging vertices over ROX (recessed oxide) areas do not create low resistance connections between those other bridging vertices and the silicon area. Determining which bridging vertices have low resistance connections to the silicon area and how many bridging vertices have low resistance connections to the silicon area are used to determine the bias and misalignment of the polysilicon shapes relative to the silicon area.

Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus having an improved wafer processing efficiency and an improved working efficiency is provided. The vacuum processing apparatus includes a vacuum container in which a specimen is processed with plasma generated from a processing gas supplied to the vacuum container; a transfer container through which the specimen processed in the vacuum container is transferred, the transfer container being coupled to the vacuum container under ambient pressure; a blower for generating an ambient gas flow in the transfer container and an outlet disposed on the transfer container; a storage container for storing the specimen processed in the vacuum container, the storage container being disposed in the ambient gas flow in the transfer container; and an exhauster for exhausting a gas in the storage container.

Abstract: An actively heated aluminum baffle component such as a thermal control plate or baffle ring of a showerhead electrode assembly of a plasma processing chamber has an exposed outer aluminum oxide layer which is formed by an electropolishing procedure. The exposed outer aluminum oxide layer minimizes defects and particles generated as a result of differential thermal stresses experienced by the aluminum component and outer aluminum oxide layer during plasma processing compared to an identically shaped component having a Type III anodized surface.

Abstract: A multi-layer laminate media is provided on which information may be applied in machine or human readable form on a visible front surface by the output of one or more lasers, or other high intensity light source. In a preferred embodiment, the media has three layers including a substrate, a thermochromic layer and a light absorbent layer located intermediate the media substrate and the thermochromic layer. The light absorbent layer is adapted to absorb light from the light source and convert the absorbed light into heat. The heat is immediately conducted into selected portions of the thermochromic layer which is in thermal contact with the light absorbent layer, causing portions of the thermochromic layer to change visual appearance such as color to create the desired mark. The media optimally includes obscuration materials to reduce the visibility of the light absorbent layer to the naked eye. The light absorbent layer is preferably a low cost absorber such as carbon black.

Abstract: A roller turn up mechanism for the forming of a bead section in a tyre built on a tyre building drum is disclosed. It is known to provide a tyre building drum with two ring segments each placed on opposing sides of a central axis, means to expand that part of the tyre material between the ring segments, and means on each side of the ring segments to press that part of the tyre material outside of the ring segments against the expanded part of the tyre material within the ring segments, thereby to wrap each bead ring within the tyre carcass formed thereby. The pressing of that part of the tyre material outside of the ring segments may be performed by a plurality of rollers mounted on equiangularly spaced pivoting arms disposed axially about the tyre building drum. However, there is a tendency as the roller arms are driven up the sides of the carcass being formed for the roller arms to diverge causing problems in manufacture.

Abstract: A sealing device with film sealer for localized heating to bond film material as in one having a high temperature resistance (e.g., ceramic) substrate with a properly sized groove for receiving a heater element as in a flat faced wire band in a tight, flush to adjacent film presentation surface arrangement. A stacked ceramic plate set with a wire band received within a groove defined by a smaller height intermediate stack insert is a suitable substrate. The band is retained flush by a positioner fixer system that securely locks down one end for band tightening and the other end is provided at an access location of said housing body for clamping and tensioning the heater element into ready for use position within the groove. The edge sealer is suited for use as a product-in-bag sealing device (products such as air, foam, foodstuff, etc.) with the heater element placed in contact with film material to form a seal.

Abstract: The present invention is constructed such that in a sliding screen door in which a net is formed to be capable of expansion and contraction by being alternately folded back in a reverse direction, and is formed to be capable of freely opening and closing by horizontal pulling, a net guide for guiding the aforementioned net is formed to be able to form the net guide into a straight line-shape in a condition of being led out from a frame member, and a movement of a net-holding member that follows the net guide is made smooth, and many of the guiding elements form the net guide 12 for guiding the lower end of the net, which is moved out from and into an interior of a vertical frame member 6, from the lower end of the vertical frame member 6 that is attached to both ends of the net in an open and close direction in response to the open-and-close movement of the net, into an approximately U-shape composed of a bottom portion and rising wall portions, and are mutually and flexibly connected by means of inserting a

Abstract: The cantilever cover is suspended from one side over an article to be protected from the elements. The cover has a canopy frame and flexible, weatherproof canopy or cover secured thereover. A pair of canopy frame support arms extends from corresponding closed sleeves, which ride up and down upon the vertical support columns of a hoist assembly. Each sleeve includes a pair of diagonally opposed rollers, which bear against opposite sides of its respective column. A single winch (electric, hydraulic, pneumatic, etc.) is mounted centrally upon an upper crossmember extending between the two columns, with opposed equal length cables extending to the two canopy frame support sleeves. A remote control extends down the hoist frame from the winch, for operation of the device. One or more limit switches may be installed to limit the maximum or minimum travel of the canopy frame and cover.