Abstract: Pneumatically operated clamping apparatus provides free floating mounting of a disc upon a shaft during grinding and polishing of the disc.

Abstract: A jig is provided including a base for support from the base plate of a hydraulic press over which a downwardly extendible ram is mounted. The jig includes a pair of upstanding supports spaced horizontally apart and with at least one of the upstanding supports mounted from the base for shifting toward and away from the other upstanding support. A first of the supports includes a mount supported therefrom for angular displacement about a horizontal axis extending transversely of a plane containing the upstanding supports and a provided with mounting shank portion generally paralleling and swingable in the aforementioned plane when the mount is angularly displaced about its axis of oscillation. The second of the upstanding support mounts a cradle assembly therefrom for adjustable positioning vertically therealong and for oscillation about a horizontal axis paralleling the first mentioned axis.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for the manufacture of hollow cylindrical bodies by deposit welding, consisting of a supporting body rotatably mounted on bearings at both ends and a hollow cylindrical basic body concentric to the supporting body being supported by said supporting body means of circumferentially arranged radially spacing members. According to the disclosure the spacing members are elastically flexible.

Abstract: A first set of selectively movable platens are disposed at a fixed station to receive a container therein to provide shoring of the external surfaces of the container. A second set of selectively movable platens are disposed to provide shoring of the internal surfaces of the container. Expandible and retractable slat members connect the upper corner portions of the second set of platens so that when these platens expand, the slat members provide internal shoring at the inside corners of the container.

Abstract: Connector housings (12) are pushed into a succession of nests (26) formed in workholders (17) mounted on an incrementally advanced turntable (15). Subsequent advance of a workhokder from the connector load station causes a cam follower (42) of a spring-biased lever arrangement (37) to react with a cam track (19) to pivot and move locating pins (31 and 32) into holes (13 and 14) formed in the connector housing. Further advance of the turntable (15) causes a cam follower (64) to ride onto a high portion of a cam track (21) to pivot a second lever arrangement (37) to move a spring-biased, pivotally mounted clamping arm (51) into engagement with the precisely positioned connector housing.

Abstract: There is disclosed a workbench apparatus intended to enable, at specialized workshop, the servicing of mechanical apparata in general, in particular Diesel engine injection pumps. The apparatus, which is easily operable by any skilled operator and enables the supported members to be positioned as desired through simple and reliable members and controls, comprises a clamping device carried rotatably by a base and having snap-action positioning members, and connection elements including both insertion members in form of pins insertable into seats of the clamping device, and supporting members fixedly engageable with the pump or the like to be worked on. The seats are partially open laterally and the pins are clamped in the seats by clamping members engaging the pins at the points where the seats are open.

Abstract: A cylinder head is removed from an overhead cam engine by first inserting a timing chain support tool between opposed portions of the timing chain so that opposite edges of the tool support the chain above the crankshaft sprocket. A movable finger at the bottom of the tool can be moved outwardly to apply pressure against the normal bias of the chain tensioner, which prevents the timing chain from slipping off the crankshaft sprocket while the upper cam shaft sprocket and the cylinder head are removed. The engine can be cranked with the cylinder head removed by mounting a cam shaft idler tool on the engine block for supporting the cam shaft sprocket. The timing chain is engaged with the cam shaft sprocket and a slide member of the idler tool can move the cam shaft sprocket until it applies tension to the timing chain.

Abstract: Objects to be labelled with, for example, heat transfer labels, are initially stabilized by being positioned on freely movable platforms and conveyed to a station where the platforms are stabilized and the objects labelled.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in forming a finish on a jewelry band includes a base including a base plate mountable to a fixed support and having a threaded bore oriented normally to the surfaces of the plate, a chassis including a chassis plate locatable adjacent the base plate and having a bore therethrough, the chassis also including a pair of supports mounted to the chassis plate, threaded screw means for securing the chassis plate to the base plate, and a mandrel having a frustro-conical shape for allowing the mounting of jewelry bands thereon, the supports having apertures therein for mounting the mandrel therein, wherein the chassis plate is rotatable with respect to a work surface upon which the apparatus is placed.

Abstract: A method of stripping from a dynamoelectric machine stator a plurality of windings thereof having one of a pair of opposite generally annular grouping of end turns of the windings secured therefrom. The method includes the steps of: lowering the stator onto means for seating and supporting it so as to dispose the other of the end turns in a predetermined position; gripping the other end turns for maintaining them generally against displacement from the predetermined positions; and driving the seating means generally upwardly relative to the winding and moving the stator conjointly therewith toward a position displaced from the windings while gripping the other end turns in the predetermined position thereby stripping the windings from the stator.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device useful in making circular shapes of predetermined size on power sanding machines and the like. The device is essentially a fixture which enables a workpiece to be located on an adjustable center so that it can be rotated with respect to a driven sanding disc, polishing wheel, or similar abrasive tools. The device also permits an oversize workpiece to be fed into the sanding disc until the predetermined radius is reached.