Abstract: In a robot including a first robot part which pivots with respect to a second robot part about a pivotal axis, a cable routing system includes a multitude of flexible cables which are retained at spaced apart positions by first and second retainers so that the cables are spaced around the outside of a cylinder whose axis coincides with the pivotal axis. A first connector mechanism connects that first retainer to the first robot part so that the first retainer rotates with the first robot part about the pivotal axis during pivoting. A second connector mechanism connects the second retainer to the second robot part so that the second retainer is movable axially toward the first retainer against the biasing action of a spring along the pivotal axis and prevented from rotating about the pivotal axis during pivoting. Each of the retainers includes a slotted disk which separates and guides the cables.

Abstract: A spacer for mounting on an unfinished wall of a house and adapted to support electrical supply container has a predetermined thickness, so that the electrical power supply container will be substantially flush with the finished wall when the latter will be completed. The spacers are made of a galvanized metal box filled with polyurethane. The spacers have flanges for allowing its fixation on the unfinished wall and anchor means for supporting the electrical power supply containers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bracket for holding one or more clamps for supporting one or more tubular members such as pipes, conduits or cables. The bracket comprises a substantially planar base portion having a plurality of spring elements joined thereto with each spring element being capable of engaging a slotted portion of a pipe clamp. Each spring element includes a corrugated portion for forming a snug fit with the slotted portion of the clamp and a notched tip portion for receiving a tool for assisting in moving the spring element relative to the strip.

Abstract: A hanger adapter utilized in hanging fixtures on an inclined ceiling in conjunction with a hanger assembly and a fixture attachment assembly. The hanger adapter provides for the attachment of the hanger and fixture attachment assemblies to same at a position laterally offset from each other so as to effect a substantial alignment of the center of gravity of the fixture and the main axis of the hanger assembly with respect to vertical in an installed position. The hanger adapter has a plate with position indicators, each of which corresponds to a particular selectable, predetermined lateral offset which effects such a substantial alignment for its corresponding preselected angle of ceiling incline and the configuration of the hanger and fixture attachment assemblies utilized.

Abstract: A pedestal for supporting a seat. The pedestal includes a tubular support connected to a raised portion of the base through locking tabs and a peripheral flap located on the lower plate member which carries the tubular support.

Abstract: A hanger for hanging a kitchen appliance from a cabinet includes a metal plate adapted to be placed on a bottom panel of the cabinet and having a plurality of screw holes, a hook adapted to extend downwardly from the metal plate through the bottom panel, a bracket having a hook retaining hole for retaining the hook and a plurality of screw holes, an adjustment bolt and an adjustment nut threaded over the adjustment bolt and engaging the bracket, and a reinforcing attachment plate having a boss for engaging the adjustment bolt. The kitchen appliance can be attached to the cabinet by the hanger either using the bracket or without using the bracket. The boss serves to adjust a hanger height to meet the thickness of the bottom panel when the kitchen appliance is fixed directly to the cabinet without using the bracket and the adjustment bolt and nut.

Abstract: A transducer array which includes backing and an acoustic window separated by a plurality of elongated parallel rail members having notches in the sidewalls thereof. Notches in adjacent rail members accommodate a stave member which carries a plurality of transducer elements. A stave member may be placed in the notch and slid into position from which it may be easily removed by reversing the process. The design is such that when used with a fairing to provide hydrodynamic shape, the assembly may be free-flooded with the surrounding water medium. In situ replacement of a transducer element may be accomplished by removal of a small section of the fairing and the subsequent removal of one or more stave members.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for installing a radio, or equivalent apparatus, in an automobile dashboard. The dashboard mounting assembly is a box-like structure having a first open end through which a radio or equivalent device may be inserted. At least one of the peripheral walls of the assembly is formed with numerous recesses which indicate locations through which apertures are punched out to define locations at which brackets are secured.

Abstract: A free access type floor comprising a plurality of floor boards arranged on one and the same plane in a closely connected manner to form a secondary floor, engaging members provided at at least each corner of each of said floor boards, and support members provided with floor board-engaging means, which are adjustable in height, for detachably engaging with said adjacent engaging members of adjacent floor boards on one and the same plane to support said floor boards in a closely connected manner, and a method for installing the same.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an instrument panel and a stay are assembled with a device which slidably holds the stay relative to the instrument panel, the device preferably including a hook formed on the stay and a temporary latch formed on the instrument panel.

Abstract: A shelf for carrying articles in a vehicle, such as a pickup truck, is formed from a single piece of metal, such as steel or aluminum to provide an elongated shelf having an up-turned and inwardly angled rear lip to prevent articles placed on the shelf from falling off. Mounting brackets are attached to the opposite ends of the shelf. The mounting brackets each have flange portions which extend inwardly toward one another over the shelf member itself; and these flange portions have holes in them to permit mounting of the shelf in the sunvisor mounting holes already in the vehicle. When installed, the mounting brackets are essentially concealed and the shelf is spaced a short distance from the roof of the vehicle immediately adjacent the upper edge of the windshield.

Abstract: A combination support and guide tool and a method for the installation of rectangular, flat ceiling panels or the like by a single person onto regularly spaced, parallel structural members of a building such as ceiling joists, the tool comprising an elongated rigid support plate and a guide plate which is connected at the leading edge of the support plate and forms a critical acute angle of panel insertion adapted to easily and safely slide the panel into place. The method comprises the use of such a support and guide tool to positively receive and guide both initial panels and subsequent panels into their required positions on the ceiling joists or similar structural members.

Abstract: A swivel canopy for hanging electrical fixtures is disclosed having means whereby the installation of the canopy can be tested prior to use in order to insure that it has been properly installed and that it will supply the requisite support and stability during the use thereof. The means provided is comprised of a substantially U-shaped resiliently, outwardly biased spring member which is disposed through the suspension conduit. In a preferred embodiment, the means provided is comprised of a pair of arcuately-shaped, resiliently-outwardly biased spring retainers which are diametrically positioned about the suspension conduit.

Abstract: A device for holding high voltage tubing conductors in position to allow their attachment is shown according to the teachings of the present invention as including first and second L-shaped bracket arms which are positionable in one of a plurality of angular positions by a hinge assembly interconnected to the free ends of their first legs. First and second shoes are further provided which are positionable in one of a plurality of angular positions with respect to the second legs of the bracket arms by a hinge assembly interconnected therebetween. A first high voltage tubing conductor may be positioned with respect to a second high voltage tubing conductor to allow their attachment by fixing the first and second shoes and the bracket arms in the desired angular positions and by releasably securing the first and second shoes to the first and second high voltage tubing conductors.

Abstract: In order to facilitate the operations of handling and of transportation when empty between the works of an engine manufacturer and the works of an aircraft manufacturer, a transportation framework is provided with support members which are adjustable. These members, on which the turbo-machine rests, are mounted pivotally on the platform. It is possible to cause them to be adapted so as to take up two positions; a higher position where they support the turbo machine and, a lower position where they are folded on to the platform. The vertical height of the frameworks is thus reduced when empty and enables them to be stacked.

Abstract: A device for the positioning and hanging of a picture frame or other object upon a wall includes a hanger member, an elongated locator member, and means detachably coupling the upper end of the hanger member to the lower end of the locator member. The hanger member is formed with on or more nail chutes which serve the dual function of suspending the support wire of the picture frame and receiving nails for securing the hanger member to the wall. The hanger member is also provided on its rear surface with a pressure-sensitive adhesive for temporarily mounting the hanger member on the wall. The position of the hanger member is located by hanging the picture frame on the hanger member while the latter is coupled to the locator member, and grasping the projecting locator member above the top edge of the picture frame to move the picture frame to a selected position on the wall.

Abstract: Collapsible support stand for an electronic musical keyboard and the like consisting of a floor-engageable base member, a vertical post upstanding from the base member, a table top for supporting an electronic keyboard, and a rotary bearing member between the post and table top enabling the latter to be swiveled in use. Tapered joints between the bearing and base members, and the post, enable the stand to be assembled by press bits, and disassembled, without tools. The disasembled post and base member are held by straps and hooks against the underside of the table top in a compact carrying mode for convenient transport between points of use.

Abstract: A flexible support and carrier assembly for supporting an associated accessory is shown having a plurality of sequentially arranged body-like segments, the segments being arranged with respect to each other for articulated motion as between adjacent segments, the plurality of sequentially arranged body-like segments define an elongated articulated structure having first and second ends, a spring operatively carried by the articulated structure resiliently resists while permitting articulated motion as between adjacent segments to occur in a first direction of articulation, the spring also resiliently urges the adjacent segments to experience articulated motion in a second direction of articulation opposite to the first direction, and guard portions carried at least by certain of the segments, the guard portions functioning to prevent the unintentional incursion of unrelated objects into spaces between the adjacent segments when experiencing articulation.

Abstract: A child proof safety latch for a cabinet door or drawer. The safety latch includes a U-shaped mounting bracket that can be slipped over the edge of the door or drawer without screws or other fasteners. A hook assembly engages the mounting bracket with ratchet teeth so the hook member can be moved into locking position after the safety latch is in place on the closure. The hook member is carried on a base plate, and the base plate may have a knob to keep the hook assembly aligned for easy motion.

Abstract: A bracket for mounting a U-shaped, flanged head rail of a venetian blind to a support, the bracket having a relatively flat top portion with a hole for a fastening screw and two side portions depending from the top portion with horizontal edges forming shelves for supporting the flanges of the head rail, and with diagonally opposite first vertical edges for guiding the flanges and with diagonally opposite second vertical edges spaced from the flanges sufficiently to permit the mounting bracket to be rotated when the head rail is to be removed from the bracket. The side portions are provided adjacent the second edges with upwardly, outwardly inclined edges permitting one of the flanges to ride up on the inclined edge and onto the support shelves while the other flange is already suspended from the bracket.

Abstract: Height adjustment structure is provided for a music stand having upper and lower telescopic sections, at least one of which is tubular. The structure includes:(a) a height limiting flexible strand extending lengthwise within said tubular section or sections,(b) the strand having an upper portion attached to an upper one of said sections, and(c) the strand having a lower portion attached to a lower one of said sections,(d) the length of the strand between said attachments when taut blocking further elevation of the upper section related to the lower section.

Abstract: A bundle type clip or clamp for holding a number of axially aligned cylindrical objects such as fuel conduits together and in a desired relation to a static structure such as a vehicle body or frame. The clamp has an elongated body portion with a conduit encircling midportion and with molded end portions adapted to interfit with one another when brought together to form a generally cylindrical male-type attachment plug for insertion into a female-type member which in turn, interfits with a hole in the vehicle body or frame. The male plug portion has a contour which permits the male and female members to be secured together in a loose preassembly relationship and a configuration permitting a postassembly relationship which secures the fuel conduits tightly together.

Abstract: An improved arrangement of so-called upper and lower curbs with interposed springs having an interconnected condition allowing for their delivery to an installation site as a single modular section, and at said site each section bolted together and then readily released from each other to then allow vibratory movement in said upper curb relative to said lower curb on said interposed springs, and wherein the release is produced by the force urgency in the springs which dampen the vibration of the air handling unit which is mounted on the curbs.

Abstract: A device in U-shape has two plates, one lower one upper, by which the vertical bar of a handrail can be welded. It can increase the stability of the handrail on the one hand, and the plates can be adjusted to match the location of the lower end of the vertical bar on the other hand.

Abstract: An integral plastic strip is formed into a comb-like piece part having an elongated row of upstanding teeth or tabs. The root of the space between each adjacent pair of teeth or tabs is formed into a generally arcuate cove for receiving, embracing, and capturing a single wire or a cable which may be pressed into the cove. Adjacent each root cove, the teeth or tabs are marked with a number or other symbol which identifies the wire positioned there. There are a predetermined number of the root coves so that the wires or cables may be formed into discrete groups. Each strip has connectors near its opposite ends which enables a plurality of strips to be stacked together, in order to form a large group of the groups.

Abstract: The fastening device which employs an end element connected to a body to be supported to a structural member. The element has first and second sides and edges, and includes a portion for penetrating the structural member. The element is positioned in relation to the structural member by guides on either side of the element.

Abstract: Suspension hardware for suspended cabinets, particularly shelf elements, the device including a hardware housing which is attached to the rear wall of the cabinet and provided with adjustment means for an at least two-dimensional adjustment of the hardware housing with respect to the building wall while employing a screw disposed in the hardware housing. The end of the screw disposed in the interior of the cabinet is provided with engagement faces for an adjustment tool and the exterior end of the screw is provided with a head member for engaging behind a supporting strip. The length of the hardware housing approximately corresponds to the thickness of the rear wall of the cabinet. The hardware housing is provided with holding elements which rest against the front and rear of the rear wall of the cabinet and hold the hardware housing rotatably in the rear wall of the cabinet.

Abstract: An attachment assembly for lockably but releasably securing a picture frame or the like to a wall surface. The assembly includes a plurality of bracket plates each having a keyhole opening for coaction with a respective headed fastener element secured to the wall surface, and a locking plate mounted for pivotal movement on one of the bracket plates between an unlocked position in which a mask opening in the locking plate unmasks the head portion of the keyhole opening, to allow passage of the head of the wall fastener element, and a locked position in which the mask opening unmasks the slot portion of the keyhole opening. The mask opening includes a edge surface that extends obliquely across the entrance to the keyhole opening slot portion in the unlocked position of the locking plate and coacts with the shank portion of the wall fastener to rotate the locking plate to its locked position as the shank portion advances into the slot portion of the keyhole opening.

Abstract: A mounting socket and method for removably attaching a platform supporting davit to a rooftop. The mounting socket includes a folding handle and wheels permitting easy transportation from a storage location to a position near a compatible building supported mounting pedestal. A pair of fixed hooks formed by the socket engage a pair of holes formed by the platform. The socket includes a hollow cavity adapted to receive the davit. As the socket is rotated into vertical position, a locking clamp having movable hooks engages the platform and a secondary locking lever acts to ensure that the locking clamp remains in a locked position on the pedestal. A davit locking pawl prevents inadvertent removal of the davit from the socket when the socket is in the vertical position.

Abstract: A pipe clip is provided having means for retaining the clip on a stud. Means for retaining a pipe on the clips comprises a flexible finger which embraces the pipe, and the means for retaining the clip on a stud includes a locking portion which is movable from a position allowing the finger to flex for admission of the pipe to a position in which it locks the finger in embracing engagement with the stud and firmly secures the clip to the stud.

Abstract: Apparatus for mounting a fan or similar device to the ceiling of a building or mobile home, the invention also includes methods for installation of the apparatus and encompasses related embodiments of the apparatus. The several apparatus embodiments of the invention find utility within differing environments within which the apparatus is to be installed, certain of the embodiments being particularly useful for mounting a fan to the ceiling of a mobile home or the like and certain other embodiments being configured to facilitate mounting within the structural confines of standard building structures having one or more levels. In an embodiment useful for buildings having clearance above ceiling joists, the invention comprises an elongated bar configured to fit over upper surfaces of adjacent joists and to suspend an electrical outlet box beneath the bar with the fan being supported on a hook or double prong mounting bracket.

Abstract: A mounting structure for cylindrical photosensitive member comprises a pair of end plates of the photosensitive member which are detachably mounted on a support shaft, which is locked against axial movement on a stationary frame. The support shaft includes a portion which bears against the internal periphery of the photosensitive member to support it with respect to the shaft, and is also provided with an axially movable guide member. The movement of the guide member is limited to an extent which is useful in mounting and dismounting the photosensitive member on or from the support shaft, by means of a stop mounted on the support shaft. The photosensitive member is mounted on or dismounted from the support shaft with the guide member interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A rearview mirror support bracket is disclosed having a body defining a front surface, a rear surface, a top end and a bottom end. A pair of elongated, spaced, opposed clips are formed on the back surface of the body. The clips define grooves for receipt of a windshield mounted button. The body has an I-beam configuration in cross section and includes a central web and front and rear flanges defining the front and back surfaces. A wall surrounds the opposed clips and defines an open end through which the button may be slid. Resilient tension and support members are defined by the rear flange in the clip area. At least one resilient retainer is defined by the rear flange. The retainer engages the button and retains the bracket on the button after assembly. The front flange adjacent its lower end defines a spherical ball which is adapted to be snap fitted into a correspondingly configured socket included in a mirror case assembly.

Abstract: A hook assembly for suspending a bag or other member from an overhead support, such as a tree limb in a safe manner and with the use of only one hand, includes a hook and a hood adapted to slide up and down the shank of the hook. The hood serves as an umbrella to prevent rain, dust and other foreign matter from falling into the bag. An elongate downwardly open socket is integrally formed with, and extends along the slope of, the outer surface of the hood. The socket is sized to receive the upper end of a pole used to lift the hook assembly up to an overhead limb or remove the hook assembly from the limb. The hook assembly also includes a lock mechanism for maintaining the hook engaged with the limb. The lock mechanism is automatically actuated by the movement of the hood as it slides up and down along the hook shank.

Abstract: A gravity self-aligning article mount for suspension mounting of an article to a support wherein a first mounting bracket is adapted for securement to a support and a second mounting bracket is adapted for securement to an article to be suspended from the support. A vertically-extending horn is secured to upper portions of one of the brackets and an opening is provided in upper portions of the other of said bracket for receiving and seating the horn to hang the article bracket from the support bracket. The brackets have engaging body portions which underlie the aforedescribed horn and opening, and which body portions further respectively have mating convex and concave contoured seating surfaces adapted to gravitationally self-align one of the brackets with the other to vertical after the horn has been engaged in the opening.

Abstract: A lightweight, brake lever-retaining bracket which includes two arms, each of which is equipped with a stiffener to provide extended bearing surfaces for brake lever mounting pins, and a safety platform to prevent loss of brake levers in the event of brake lever retaining pin failure. A safety bolt adjustably connects both arms to minimize lateral movement of the brake lever and to maintain the brake lever in operative position in the event of retaining pin failure.

Abstract: A ceiling fan and electrical outlet box support for supporting a ceiling fan between a pair of ceiling joists, includes a transversely oriented rigid threaded rod with a joist engaging piece threadedly received on one of the rod for telescopic movement as the rod is rotated, and a second joist engaging piece rotatably mounted on the other end of the rod whereby upon rotation of the rod the joist engaging pieces may be caused to engage the adjacent inside surfaces of a ceiling joist. The rod is rotated by applying a wrench to a pair of nuts which are jammed together over a prepared ceiling opening at some location between the joists. Hanger brackets in the form of eye bolts are slid onto the rod, on either side of the nuts, and support a generally U-shaped ceiling fan support bracket from the rod and also support an electrical junction box. A block of elastomeric material is positioned between the outlet box and the rigid rod, at the driving nuts, to take up vibration and slack.

Abstract: An improved arrangement of so-called upper and lower curbs with interposed springs having an interconnected condition allowing for their delivery to an installation site as a single unit, and at said site being readily released from each other to then allow vibratory movement in said upper curb relative to said lower curb on said interposed springs, and wherein the release is produced by the force urgency in the springs which dampen the vibration of the air handling unit which is mounted on the curbs.

Abstract: This application relates to an engine test stand and mounting system for vehicle engines during testing by a dynamometer or other testing device requiring engine operation. Previous engine test stands utilized rigid metal bed plates which were permanently secured to the floor or ground structure. Thus an engine had to be mounted thereto while the dynamometer went unused. The present invention provides a movable frame on which an engine is mounted at a location remote from the dynamometer. The frame may then be moved into operative relationship to the dynamometer and supported by a plurality of post supports which secure the frame to the ground and accurately position the frame and engine with respect to the dynamometer.

Abstract: A releasable tool mount is provided for protecting tools carried by a manipulator from damage by excessive forces acting upon the tools irrespective of the direction of the force. The tool mount comprises a tool mounting plate, a housing for receiving the plate, support pins peripherally disposed upon the plate, receptacle placed within the housing for receiving the support pins and preload devices for exerting forces along the long axis of the support pins to maintain their engagement with the receptacle. Relative forces between the housing and the plate, sufficient to overcome the preload force, effect dislodgment of the pins from their associated receptacles. Fluidic sensing means are provided for detecting dislodgement of any pin from its receptacle.

Abstract: A file cabinet support in the form of a base unit having an upper member rotatable relative to a stationary lower member selectively in either direction so as to present to the user either an open or a walled side of a separable file cabinet mounted upon the upper member; a floating disk between the upper and lower members having rollers about its periphery which ride against opposed flat surfaces of the upper and lower members; a pair of parallel heavy metal rings, one fixed to and encased in the upper member, the other fixed to an underface of the lower member, the rings having the sides of their rims in alignment with the peripheries of the rollers; a pivot shaft unitary with the upper member depending axially through the unit to the underside of the lower member; and a plate washer bolted to a bottom end of the pivot shaft restraining separation of the components of the unit.

Abstract: An overhead mounting bracket for a horizontal venetian blind assembly having a U-shaped headrail including inturned ends forming return ribs. The bracket has first and second leg portions depending from a body portion where the leg portions include horizontal support shelves adapted to support the return ribs of a headrail. Decoupler means comprising a pivotal portion are included for spreading the legs of the headrail apart so that a return rib may clear a shelf upon disengagement of the headrail from the bracket.

Abstract: The fuel assembly locking apparatus comprises a rotatable plate capable of simultaneously and positively engaging all four legs of the bottom nozzle of a fuel assembly for uniformly holding the fuel assembly while the spent fuel rods are pulled from the fuel assembly. The rotatable plate has four notched corners arranged to be rotated over a ledge on each leg of the bottom nozzle of the fuel assembly thereby preventing movement of the fuel assembly. The rotatable plate is also capable of being rotated 45.degree. so that the four corners of the plate are rotated clear of the legs of the bottom nozzle of the fuel assembly thereby allowing the fuel assembly to be placed on or removed from the locking apparatus. The locking apparatus is also provided with a torque actuator for remotely rotating the plate.

Abstract: A mounting device for securing a range hood beneath a soffit having a framing member fastened to a wall. The device has an elongated mounting plate suitable for being secured along and to the framing member. A pair of hangers depend from the mounting plate and are connected thereto at spaced locations along the mounting plate. The hangers secure the range hood to the mounting device.

Abstract: A self-aligning mounting arrangement for aligning a fastener to secure a first workpiece to a second workpiece. The arrangement includes a plurality of bores each of substantially identical cross-sectional area in one of the workpieces. These bores are arranged in a matrix grid pattern having a predetermined grid dimension. The cross-sectional area of each bore is a predetermined fractional part of the average cross-sectional area of the fastener used to secure the two workpieces. The predetermined grid dimension is a predetermined proportion of a cross-sectional dimension of the fastener.

Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly (10) of the type for transmitting forces along a curved path by a motion transmitting core element includes a conduit (14), a motion transmitting core element (12) movably supported by the conduit (14), and a support fitting (16) for supporting the conduit (14) through an aperture (18) of a support structure (20). The support fitting (16) includes a body portion (22) and an integral radially extending abutment (24) extending from the body portion (22) for abutting one extremity of the aperture (18). The support fitting (16) further includes a second integral abutment comprising a pair of stubs (26) extending from the body portion (22) and formed by the body portion having had a pair of legs (28) extending therefrom broken off.

Abstract: A hanger-clip for a picture frame, said frame of the type having an inwardly facing channel adjacent the upper periphery thereof and a substantially rigid rear panel which is received in the channel. The hanger-clip includes a hook element which has a downwardly extending rear plate portion and which is receivable on the upper edge of the panel so that the panel and the clip are receivable in the channel. A hanger element of the clip extends integrally upwardly from the lower end of the plate portion for mounting the clip on a wall hanging member. The hanger element is rearwardly bendable relative to the plate portion to adapt the clip for wall hanging member of various types.

Abstract: The outline of a wall hanging object is cut out of a flexible sheet of material to form a transfer blank adapted to be positioned on a wall surface and adhesively held thereon at a desired location. The hanging point on the object is located and transferred to the transfer blank by a marking tool. The hanger device for the object is nailed to the wall surface through the transfer blank at the hanging point marked thereon, after which the transfer blank is removed.

Abstract: A single piece plastic retainer is provided for holding refrigerator shelves in place during shipment. The retainer is open sided, and has upper and lower walls with notches for snapping into place in an aperture in a mounting channel in which the shelf bracket is mounted and in overlying relation to said bracket. Protuberances within the shelf retainer engage the top edge of the shelf bracket to prevent cutting of the retainer by the bracket in the presence of high stresses.

Abstract: Improved support means are disclosed for a plurality of vertically arranged transversely oriented fill sheets or grids for direct contact cooling towers.