Abstract: A piston-cylinder unit includes a working cylinder, a damping piston mounted for movement in the cylinder, and a piston rod connected to the piston. An outer tube surrounding the working cylinder defines a compensating space, and a piston rod guide fitted to the working cylinder and the outer tube closes off an end of the compensating space, the piston rod guide having a bore communicating with the compensating space. An envelope body of variable shape, located in the compensating space, is filled with gas through a connecting element having a cylindrical portion fitted in the bore. The connecting element also has a lobe which is received through an elongate aperture in a retaining plate fitted over the bore when the connecting element is in a selected orientation, the lobe being axially retained under the plate by rotating the connecting element from the selected orientation.

Abstract: An engine isolator mount can be utilized to couple a front portion of a drive unit including an internal combustion engine assembly to the frame of a small utility vehicle. The engine isolator mount can allow for limited relative movement between the engine and the frame during acceleration and deceleration and operation of the small utility vehicle. The engine isolator mount can be configured to undergo compression during forward deceleration and tension during forward acceleration of the small utility vehicle. The engine isolator mount can allow relative movement in all three directions.

Abstract: A boiler wall tube tool comprises a pair of opposed clamp members, each one of the clamp members having a nose intermediately disposed between a recess and a planar or inclined wall, and an aperture formed centrally through the clamp member. The clamp members oriented so that the recess of one of the clamp members is substantially aligned with the planar wall of the remaining clamp member for engaging a boiler wall tube therebetween. The aperture of one clamp member is substantially aligned with the aperture of the remaining clamp member. Means for moving the clamp members toward each other for secure clamping engagement of the tubes for maintaining the clamp members in alignment while connecting the ends of the tubes by welding is also provided.

Abstract: A universal end cap for displaying collateral on a fixture arm is described.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus for attaching work pieces to be machined to the work table of a machine tool in a precisely defined position comprises at least one clamping rail to be attached to the work table of the machine, as well as at least one work piece holder. The clamping rail is provided with an elongate protruding portion, the front face thereof constituting a stop surface and which defines a recess between itself and the work table of the machine tool. The elongate protruding portion may be provided with threaded bores for receiving clamping screws. Each work piece holder includes a clamping portion which can be inserted into the recess and clamped therein by means of the clamping screws. The clamping rail includes a flat bottom surface resting on the surface of the work table of the machine tool and running perpendicular to the aforementioned front face of the elongate protruding portion.

Abstract: A quick-action cylinder with safety device to prevent blocking is described, wherein the quick-action cylinder provides a mechanical lock for a center draw-in nipple (2) in a center bore (23) in a housing of a quick-action cylinder, wherein in the locked position one or more locking members (3) are urged into contact with an exterior periphery of the draw-in nipple by a force of a spring assembly (12) which is arranged in the housing in one or several spring compartments (13), and wherein the unlocked position of the draw-in nipple (2) is attained by applying pressure to a locking piston (7) which operates to oppose the force of the spring assembly. The safety device prevents self-blocking of the locking device of the draw-in nipple (2) in the center bore (23) when the pressure medium enters the spring compartment (13) of the spring assembly (12) from the cylinder space (11) of the locking piston.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying web material to an image creation and cutting device, taking up processed material from the device, and physically supporting the device. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a plurality of upright support structures, adjacent ones defining troughs therebetween. The apparatus can further have the image creation and cutting device pivotably mounted thereupon. Servomotors selectively drive the rolls such that a loop of predetermined length is maintained between each roll and the image creation and cutting device, while the image creation and cutting device processes the web material.

Abstract: Folded printed products (6) are supplied with trailing fold-edges (6.3) from above towards a clamping gap (1) and are pushed out of the clamping gap (1), in order to be deposited on, for example, saddle-like supports (7). As soon as the leading edge of each printed product (6) exits from the clamping gap (1), the printed product (6) is opened by two printed product parts (6.1 and 6.2) being separated from each other, and the opened printed products are positioned above the support (7). Gripper elements (11) are provided for gripping the trailing fold-edge (6.3) of each printed product (6), before it exits the clamping gap (1), thus preventing a free fall of the printed products (6) onto the support (7) when the trailing fold-edge (6.3) exits the clamping gap (1). The gripper elements (11) grip and guide the printed products towards the support (7). If a plurality of supports (7) is provided, and these are conveyed continuously and in succession past, below the stationary clamping gap (1), the fold-edges (6.

Abstract: The machine (10) is used for trimming the fore-edge of books (22) formed from a book block (24) with its spine either sewn or milled and glued, and from a flexible cover (23) the openable parts (26, 28) of which are provided with respective inwardly folded flaps (27, 29).

Abstract: In an image system, a suction disc is used for adhering to paper to lift up the paper. A drawing device pulls a perimeter of a flexible and deformable suction disc to deform the suction disc, and the pulling force is released when the suction disc contacts the paper, resulting in the suction disc adhering to the paper. The drawing device pulls the perimeter of the suction disc again that the adhering force between the suction disc and the paper is lost in order to drop the paper.

Abstract: A paper sheet separation and transfer apparatus has a take-out roller which takes out stacked paper sheets onto a transfer path, a first separation unit, and a second separation unit. When the front end of a first paper sheet in the transfer direction reaches a nip of the second separation unit, the take-out roller and first feed roller are “decelerated”.

Abstract: A sheet feeder including (1) a sheet storing unit in which a plurality of sheets are stacked, (2) a sheet feed roller that abuts an uppermost one of the sheets stacked in the sheet storing unit and conveys the sheets in a predetermined conveying direction, (3) a friction member provided in the bottom plate, that abuts a lowermost one of the sheets stacked in the sheet storing unit, and (4) a rotation suppressing member that suppresses rotation of the friction member. Wherein the friction member is a roller member including a roller portion, and a plurality of fibrous members arranged at an outer peripheral surface of the roller portion. Wherein the bottom plate of the sheet storing unit has an opening that houses the friction member. Wherein the sheet feed roller abuts the friction member when there is no sheet in the sheet storing unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for depositing a sheet on a stack (11), preferably for a delivery unit of a printing machine, which said apparatus comprises at least one stacking device which can be driven so as to rotate about an axis of rotation in order to grasp and deposit the sheet, and comprises at least one drag element (1), which is arranged on the stacking device and carried along during rotation, whereby said drag element (1) is provided for shifting the last deposited sheet, in particular, for pulling said sheet toward a stack abutment (12). The present invention is to solve the problem of making the operation of aligning the last deposited sheet more reliable and precise. In accordance with the invention, this problem has been solved in that at least one drag element (1) is arranged, relative to the axis of rotation, on the radial exterior side of the at least one stacking member (13, 14, 17).

Abstract: A system and method of stacking printed sheets with sheet curl stacking problems in an automatically variable configuration stacking system having a spaced array of repositionable initial sheet supporting surfaces providing a generally planar initial stack supporting configuration on which a limited amount of sheets initially stack, and then, in response to stacking additional sheets in said system, the stacking system automatically changes to a different, arcuate, stack supporting configuration by automatically lowering at least some of the spaced array of initial sheet supporting surfaces to arcuately bend the curled sheets in an arcuate direction transverse the sheet curl direction on a fixed stacking surface that is arcuate transversely of the sheet curl direction.

Abstract: The sheet stacking-aligning apparatus or the sheet processing apparatus includes a substantially horizontal stacking tray, a rear end aligning unit for aligning a rear end of a sheet bundle on the stacking tray, and a control unit for controlling an operation of the rear end aligning unit for aligning the sheet bundle when it is in an upstream position of the stacking tray, and the stacking tray is provided substantially horizontally. It is thus made possible to increase the stacking space, thereby increasing the number of stackable sheets and to achieve the alignment of the rear end of the sheet bundle with a simple configuration, thereby improving the stacking-aligning property of the sheet bundle on the stacking tray.

Abstract: A paper or sheet buffering system is provided which avoids having to shut down the entire system when the paper path or transport is overloaded. A rotating disk having an attached collection and dispensing finger(s) is used to pull excess sheets off the transport and hold them until it is suitable to dispense them back on to the transport.

Abstract: A pair of discharge rollers is provided at a position most downstream in a conveying direction of a sheet conveying path defined by guide surfaces. The discharge rollers discharge a sheet from the sheet conveying path. A discharge chute portion, including upper and lower discharge guides, guides the discharged sheet toward a discharge tray. An elastic support piece is provided in the discharge chute portion and elastically urges a trailing edge of the discharged sheet toward the upper discharge guide. The pair of discharge rollers is arranged such that a direction in which the drive roller contacts the follower roller is inclined toward upstream in the conveying direction with respect to a direction of a normal line of a lower one of the guide surfaces that is located in the sheet conveying path at a position the most downstream in the conveying direction.

Abstract: A method for playing a game played by at least one player having both numbered playing cards and a pair of dice. The method for the game includes randomizing at least six of the playing cards, wherein each card contains a single digit from one to six. The playing cards are then inserted into a series of boxes or slots on a table wherein the boxes or slots correspond to the digits one through six. One player is offered an opportunity to be a dealer and is provided with a pair of six-sided dice. The dice are rolled by the dealer and the outcome of the playing card or cards is determined and the total of the cards is determined by the outcome of the dice. Winners and losers are determined from the card or the cards. A series of additional steps may be employed thereafter in accordance with traditional casino craps gaming rules.

Abstract: A break-open ticket for a game of chance includes a first ply, a second ply and a break-open portion on one of the first ply and the second ply for revealing a play combination. The play combination is printed by a printer based on data that includes a randomized plurality of tickets. The printer does not perform a further randomization of the plurality of tickets.

Abstract: A method of controlling the game of baccarat is disclosed, the method including the steps of providing a card delivery shoe equipped with a sensor capable of reading at least a rank of each card; at least one first processor capable of controlling operation of the card delivery shoe; and receiving signals from the sensor and programmed to display information related to the game of baccarat, visual result information for each round of play being displayed on the card delivery shoe or on a screen provided on a casino table.

Abstract: A puzzle solving aid in combination with a sudoku-type numerical puzzle. The puzzle solving aid (PSA) comprises a square or rectangular sheet having opaque or clouded portions at the four outer corners thereof and clear portions forming a vertical see-through column and a horizontal see-through row. The puzzle solving aid includes a central open area so a puzzle solver can pencil in the possible solution numbers for a particular space on a puzzle grid. A method of use related to puzzle solving and a business method for marketing a combined puzzle and puzzle solving aid are described.

Abstract: The invention comprises numerous aspects for organizing a fair backgammon tournament. For this purpose, there is proposed a mat with a detection device as well as presentation and/or network connecting apparatus optionally connected thereto. The invention moreover proposes a plurality of methods for carrying out a commercial tournament. For converting a conventional board, an insertion plate system is moreover presented. The invention may also be used for other board games. Further, a method of generating random numbers on a higher logic level is presented.

Abstract: I Jacinta Lawson designed a game in which two players take turn making five moves that will place their chosen numbered cell into their allowed position in the invention. Their chosen numbered cell must be a cell the when summed with any previously played number that is next to it (up, diagonally, and across) will give a sum that is in the Game Objective (a sum that is a Prime, Even, or Odd number). Each sum will be given (+2 pts) points when the Game's Objective is achieved and (?2 pts) when not. These points will be added to the Player's Total. The players can only choose numbers 0 through 9 inclusively. Once a number is used, it will is eliminated from the choices. Then game Winner is the player with the highest positive Total once all the numbers are played.

Abstract: A wagering method applicable to games, such as poker, that include multiple rounds of wagering. Players who participate in an early round of wagering share in a portion of the pot that has accumulated after a subsequent, preferably final, round of wagering. Thus, in a poker game according to the present invention, players who fold after having wagered in the early round of betting can potentially win more than they have bet in the hand, despite having folded. The method is suitable for live play, such as in a casino, and for play supported by computers connected via a communication system such as the Internet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to games and, more particularly to card-type games which are particularly suitable for use in gaming establishments.

Abstract: A team-poker tournament includes having at least two teams play poker either for a predetermined period of time, a predetermined number of hands, or until the members of one team have no chips remaining. A team captain may call a timeout and implement strategic moves.

Abstract: Disclosed is a modular, expandable, and portable shooting range system. The system can include one or more shooting modules that mount together to provide different numbers of shooting lanes with various lengths. The shooting modules are pre-engineered with removable panels to permit additional shooting modules to be added on as customer orders. This configuration also permits adding to the length of the shooting range to accommodate firing of different weapons. The shooting range system can further include a control booth which is divided from the shooting lanes. The control booth can be integrally formed with the shooting modules, or can be separate. The control booth can include a module control which allows a person to control lighting, air, and target control systems of the shooting range system, and can further provide a safe location to view the range.

Abstract: A device for picking up one or more objects, e.g., particular one or more prizes to be won, and subsequently moving the same to a dispensing position includes: a pick-up device, such as a grabber or a vacuum head; and a positioning device to be controlled by a user for positioning the pick-up device over one or more objects. A weight determination device is provided for determining the weight of the pick-up device, in which one or more picked up objects may be present in case of a successful pick-up attempt, or of a variable related to the weight.

Abstract: The invention relates to a piston ring which has at least one bearing surface and an upper and a lower flank. The bearing surface is provided with a High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) coating which has a surface roughness Rk<0.1 ?m.

Abstract: The device comprises a tubular membrane (3) of circular section, having a wall (30) of material that is leakproof, flexible, and elastic, e.g. of rubber, and that is inflatable and deformable radially outwards under the action of internal fluid pressure, said membrane (3) being mechanically reinforced by at least one sheet of flexible strands (6, 7); the device is remarkable in that it includes at least one and preferably a pair of adjacent and concentric cylindrical fiber layers (8, 9) embedded in the thickness of the wall (30) inside relative to the sheet of flexible strands (6, 7), and of a structure that acts as an anti-extrusion barrier, limiting creep of the material of the wall (30) and preventing it from passing outwards between said reinforcing wires /6, 7) under the effect of the pressure generated by the inflation fluid. The device serves for temporarily closing the casing of an oil well or a variety of pipes.

Abstract: A seal assembly for use with a rotating shaft. The seal assembly comprises a seal ring, a seal ring shell and bellows. The seal ring defines an axially extending annular surface and a radially extending seal face. The seal ring shell has a front piece and a back piece secured together. The front piece includes a foot portion defining an axially extending engagement surface for interference-fit engagement with the annular surface of the seal ring. The front piece further includes a radially extending shin portion connected to the foot portion and located radially outward of the foot portion. The foot portion includes an inner foot portion extending axially from connection of the foot portion with the shin portion. The foot portion at its engagement surface has an axial length. The inner foot portion at its engagement surface has an axial length. The shin portion has an axial length. The bellows defines an effective diameter at zero pressure applied on the seal ring.

Abstract: A shaft seal, for use with a rotating shaft and a structure defining an aperture through which the shaft extends, is disclosed. The seal comprises a rotor, a seal member and a driver. The rotor, in use, is sealingly secured to said shaft, on one side of said aperture, for rotation therewith. The seal member, in use, defines a void through which said shaft extends in spaced relation, is operatively sealed about said aperture and is manipulable between a first position, abutting the rotor to seal the aperture, and a second position, spaced from the rotor. The driver is adapted to oscillate the seal member between the first position and the second position, at a high frequency such that, in use, liquid disposed on said one side of said aperture cannot infiltrate said void for egress to said aperture.

Abstract: An overmolded fuel seal for preventing the leakage of fuel and fuel vapours in external fuel tank applications in a vehicle fuel system. The fuel seal comprises a fuel-resistant carrier that is overmolded with fuel-resistant elastomer. The carrier comprises flexible sealing lips and in the preferred embodiment an anchoring means, for attachment of an elastomer portion comprising sealing lips. The elastomer portion can be mechanically and/or chemically attached to the carrier. The compressed elastomer provides primary liquid and vapour sealing and the flexible lips of the carrier provide a secondary seal.

Abstract: On a radial shaft seal for sealing a closed internal space (20), filled with a fluid medium, on a rotating shaft (12) against the external atmosphere (30), comprising at least one membrane body (4) displaying a sealing membrane (8) with a sealing lip (9) that can be positioned in sealing fashion on the shaft (12) and is set obliquely to the internal space (20), where the side of the sealing membrane facing away from the internal space (20) is supported by a supporting element (3), the edge (3r) of which facing the shaft forms an annular gap with the latter, it is envisaged that at least the edge area (3r) of the supporting element (3) adjacent to the shaft (12) is made of a non-elastic plastic material, and that the width d of the annular gap (14) between the edge (3r) of the supporting element (3) and the shaft (12) is dimensioned in such a way that a pressure of 20 hPa at most can be achieved in the internal space (20) when pumping out the air from the internal space (20) against the air flowing in through

Abstract: A dynamic seal assembly for installation between first and second relatively rotating members, comprising a ring for fixed engagement with said first member and an annular seal extending radially from said ring and configured to slidably engage said second member, wherein said radial seal has a thickness, and a length that is from about 1 to about 15 times greater than said thickness. In various embodiments, the seal is formed of a rubber composition comprising a vulcanized fluorocarbon elastomer dispersed in a matrix of a thermoplastic polymeric material. In various embodiments, the matrix forms a continuous phase and the vulcanized elastomeric material is in the form of particles forming a non-continuous phase. The compositions may be made by combining a curative, an uncured fluorocarbon elastomer, and a thermoplastic material, and heating the mixture to effect vulcanization of the elastomeric material, while applying mechanical energy.

Abstract: A seal member seals a gap between upper and lower cover members of an engine cover of an outboard motor. The seal member includes a supporting portion and a sealing portion integral with the supporting portion. The supporting portion has such a high spring modulus that the supporting portion is not plastically deformed with a load is applied to the supporting portion when the upper cover member is locked to the lower cover member. The sealing portion is hollow and has such a small spring modulus that the sealing portion can readily flex into close contact with the upper and lower cover members so as to provide an improved seal between the upper and lower cover members.

Abstract: Flat gasket with a gasket plate comprising at least one sheet metal layer, at least one fluid through-opening to be sealed, and a plurality of screw through-openings, the sheet metal layer having at least one supporting element for receiving pressing forces, and the supporting element being in the form of a bead stamped into the sheet metal layer; in order to improve the durability of the supporting bead while in operation, the bead is designed so as to form with its bead crest, in a plan view of the sheet metal layer, an endless continuous line closed within itself, so that the bead does not have any free bead ends.

Abstract: A seal member has a configuration including a ring-shaped main body portion, an inner peripheral lip portion protruding from a ring inner peripheral portion of the main body portion and an outer peripheral lip portion protruding from a ring outer peripheral portion of the main body portion. The inner peripheral lip portion takes an O-ring shape deformable in a protruding direction. The outer peripheral lip portion takes a structure deformable in a direction different from an extending direction, corresponding to a pressure in a sealed area. The member preferably sealing, when communicating a plurality of spaces separated from an external space, these spaces from an external environment, is thereby provided.

Abstract: This invention provides for a radially flexible bushing, comprising an outer annular element, an inner rigid element surrounded by the outer element, an elastomer body, which adherently attaches the inner rigid element and the outer element. The elastomer body comprises spaced-apart arms extending radially from the inner rigid element to the outer element. It further comprises at least one radial stop for limiting the radial displacement of the inner rigid element. The radial stop, which is positioned on the outer element between the arms, comprises an arch having extremities joined to the outer element and a top oriented towards the rigid element. The arch defines together with the outer element a tubular cavity.

Abstract: A boot includes a major-diameter fastener, a first bellows, a second bellows, a minor-diameter-side bellows, and a minor-diameter fastener. The major-diameter fastener is to be fastened to a mating major-diameter member. The first bellows is disposed continuously from the major-diameter fastener. The second bellows is disposed continuously from the first bellows. The minor-diameter-side bellows is disposed continuously from the second bellows. The minor-diameter fastener is disposed continuously from the minor-diameter-side bellows, and is to be fastened to a mating minor-diameter member. The first bellows exhibits an averaged first axial rigidity. The second bellows exhibits an averaged second axial rigidity. The minor-diameter-side bellows exhibits an averaged third axial rigidity. The averaged first axial rigidity and the averaged third axial rigidity are lower than the averaged second axial rigidity.

Abstract: A seal for restricting leakage of a fluid from a first chamber, through a gap between two components, to a second chamber is provided. A slot is formed in each of the two components. The slots face one another and are open to the gap. Each slot contains a longitudinal axis, an upstream surface proximate the first chamber and a downstream surface proximate the-second chamber. Disposed in the slots and spanning the gap is a bridging assembly comprising first and second bridging elements. Each bridging element contains a sectional profile, transverse to the longitudinal slot axis, that is wave shaped. The bridging elements further contain a crest portion disposed between two trough portions with the crest portions nesting together. When installed, the trough portions are disposed in the slots and the crest portions are disposed in the gap.

Abstract: Disclosed is a chuck for accommodating a collet chuck, comprising a housing and a chucking tool seat that is assigned to the housing. The chucking tool seat is embedded in the housing as a separate part via an intermediate filling that is made of polymer concrete as connecting means. Said design has improved properties regarding damping and the total weight while flat sub-areas that are composed of individual guiding plates can additionally be used as clamping areas of the chucking tool seat. Thus a pyramid-type joint is obtained, which could previously be created with the required precision only by using a lot of effort when producing the same from solid material.

Abstract: A force sensor has a cylindrically shaped housing which is elastically deformable by a force acting on it perpendicularly to its center axis. The housing has a hollow space. A measuring transducer device is situated in the hollow space, by which the deformation of the housing is able to be recorded. The measuring transducer device has a plate-shaped support plate on whose surface an expansion measurement transducer is fastened. The support plate is fastened in the hollow space in such a way that a deformation of the housing is transferred to the support plate.

Abstract: A first rotor (24; 124) and a second rotor (25; 125) are arranged in a coaxial and mutually rotatable relationship and are provided with a first driven gear (41; 141) and a second driven gear (42; 142), respectively. A drive shaft (31; 131) is also provided with a first drive gear (43; 143) and a second drive gear (44; 144) which are commonly connected to an output shaft of an electric motor (32; 132), and mesh with the first and second driven gears, respectively, at slightly different gear ratios. The first and second rotors are connected via a thread feed mechanism (36; 136) that converts a relative rotation between the first and second rotors into an axial linear movement between the first and second rotors that is used for changing a distance between a vehicle body part and a corresponding end of a suspension spring in a vehicle height adjusting system (9; 109).

Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a central housing having first and second oppositely disposed sides. A first wheel is rotatably mounted on the first side of the housing, and a second wheel is rotatably mounted on the second side of the housing. Each of the first and second wheels has a central hub and a plurality of individual vanes rotatably attached to the hub. Each hub has a center disposed along a first axis of rotation. Each vane is rotatable about a second vane axis extending transversely with respect to the first axis. An end of each vane distal to the hub forms a circumferential surface portion of one of the first and second wheels.

Abstract: A shopping cart includes a molded basket, a molded basket support that is connected to and is configured to support the molded basket, and a molded lower tray frame that is connected to and is configured to support the molded basket support. The molded basket, molded basket support and lower tray frame may be molded together during a molding process.

Abstract: An apparatus for moving a pallet having a wheeled frame supporting a lift plate. The lift plate is raised by inflation of bladders disposed beneath the lift plate and lowered by deflation of the bladders. A fluid supply system provides pressurized gas for bladder inflation. Gas operated brakes resist apparatus movement when engaged. A method of moving a pallet in which a wheeled lift plate is positioned between a surface and a pallet, bladders disposed beneath the lift plate are inflated to raise the lift plate and thereby raise the pallet off of the surface, the raised lift plate supporting the pallet is rolled to a desired location, and the lift plate is lowered by deflating the bladders until the pallet rests on the surface at the desired location. A method of delivering palletized beverages is also disclosed.

Abstract: A landscape dolly (200) includes an upper frame (201, 203) and a lower frame (207, 209) attached to the upper frame for supporting the upper frame against a lower surface. The invention utilizes one or more collapsible legs (221, 223) that are positioned on the side of the lower frame for allowing the landscape dolly to move into a tilted position while being transported on a vehicle or with a handle mechanism (500). The handle mechanism (500) is used with removable wheels (300) which allow the dolly to be moved and/or steered into a desired location.

Abstract: A device for limiting swivel of a wheel of a stroller includes a fork mounted with the wheel, a swivel-limiting unit, and a quick release unit. The swivel-limiting unit includes a connecting seat adapted to be disposed fixedly on a frame unit of the stroller, a limiting seat connected fixedly to the fork, and a control member disposed on the connecting seat and operable to extend into the limiting seat so as to prevent rotation of the fork relative to the connecting seat. The quick release unit includes a base disposed fixedly on the connecting seat, and a movable member disposed movably on the base and operable to move on the base so as to allow for removal of the fork from the swivel-limiting unit.

Abstract: A cart for transporting material has wheels located intermediate to end wheels, the intermediate wheels extending downwardly a greater distance than the end wheels so that the cart may tilt and may be turned around the intermediate wheels. The wheels may be mounted on flanges depending from a frame of the cart, the flanges serving to protect the wheels and serving to support the cart in the event of a wheel failure. The cart may have a pair of wheels located intermediate to the end wheels so that traversing uneven terrain is improved and eased, and so that the intermediate wheels serve as backups to each other. The intermediate wheels may be a same or similar size, though mounted lower on the flanges, than the end wheels. The intermediate wheels may be larger than the end wheels.