Abstract: Graphitic packing removal tools for removal of the seal rings in one piece. he packing removal tool has a cylindrical base ring the same size as the packing ring with a surface finish, perforations, knurling or threads for adhesion to the seal ring. Elongated leg shanks are mounted axially along the circumferential center. A slit or slits permit insertion around shafts. A removal tool follower stabilizes the upper portion of the legs to allow a spanner wrench to be used for insertion and removal.

Abstract: A hand-held device has motor driven gears for propelling a longitudinally slit, corrugated tube along a guide track to a spreader which spreads the tube apart to enable the tube to encompass an elongated member, such as a cable, which passes through the spreader. A cutter on the device cuts the tube in a direction perpendicular to the tube axis when a sufficient length of the tube has been provided to jacket the elongated member. The cutting occurs only on the corrugation peaks (not valleys) of the tube.

Abstract: A balloon clip fastening device having a V-shaped groove and a clip receiving hole which is continuous to the bottom of the groove. A balloon clip with the stem of a balloon placed between a pair of clamping members of the balloon clip is inserted into the V-shaped groove and then moved inside the groove so that the balloon clip is closed while being moved, thus holding and closing the balloon. The closed balloon clip is taken out of the clip receiving hole.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus or device for use in ejecting coaxial cable from the connector block cavity located on a cellular telephone circuit pack to remove the specific faulty coaxial cable. This invention pertains to the method of ejection of the coaxial cable from the front side of the cellular telephone circuit panel with the coaxial cable plugged into the connector block cavity located on the back plane of the cellular telephone circuit pack cabinet. The Extended Coaxial Cable Ejection Device is inserted from the front of the cellular telephone circuit panel cabinet into the connector block located on the back plane of the cellular telephone circuit pack of the specific coaxial cable to be removed. The hollow outer ejector tip of the Extended Coaxial Cable Ejection Device is inserted over the tip of the coaxial cable engaging the coaxial cable snap ring. A slight forward pressure is applied to the apparatus to collapse the coaxial cable snap ring in the connector block cavity.

Abstract: A baghouse filter bag installation system for installing new baghouse filter cartridge bags upon baghouse cages. The system comprises an elongated manifold adapted to coaxially receive a baghouse cage. The manifold comprises an elongated, generally cylindrical, hollow body, an open distal end and an open proximal end defining a flange. A compressor provides slightly pressurized high volume air to the proximal end of the manifold to inflate new bags fitted to the distal end of the manifold. Preferably the air supplied is warm. This softens the material of the bag making it more pliable, easing installation. A tuyere facilitates the fluid flow communication between the compressor and the manifold. The tuyere also makes it possible to employ a second manifold. The tuyere has at least one flange to mate with the manifold proximal end flange providing fluid flow communication between the compressor and at least one manifold. A cap is used to seal one of the tuyere flanges when not in use.

Abstract: A tool for removing seals from wheel hubs is shown and described. The tool comprises a handle or lever portion having an upstanding hook portion and a cross member in connection with the hook portion. The hook portion is perpendicular to the plane of the cross member and the bottom of the hook portion is about flush with the front edge of the cross member. The front of the tool is placed in the bore of the wheel hub and flush against the seal. The tapered ends of the cross member will be aligned against the seal and will hold the hook portion in place when the lever is pivoted.

Abstract: In an automatic boot mounting method or an apparatus for practicing the method, a wheel cylinder is held at a predetermined position, and a boot is mounted on the tapered shaft portion of an inserter. The small-diameter shaft portion of the inserter is held with an inserter moving device with the large-diameter shaft portion of the inserter faced to the cylinder body. With the inserter set along the central axis of the cylinder body, the boot is moved to the large-diameter shaft portion of the inserter by a guide plate. The inserter is moved along the central axis of the cylinder body by the inserter moving device until the end face of the large-diameter shaft portion abuts against the end face of the protrusion end portion of the piston.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for attaching inconsistent length plastic handles to a container. The apparatus comprises a mandrel having a bottom diameter less than that of the container and a top diameter greater than that of the container. The container rests on the mandrel until uneven forces are applied by attachment of a handle having unequal length sides, at which time the shorter arm of the handle engages the container first, causing the corresponding sides of the container to slide upwardly on the mandrel and the opposite side to slide downwardly. The downward sliding places the corresponding receptacle closer to the longer arm of the handle facilitating engagement. A die having a body and an arcuate shaped handle forming area adjacent a recess in the body delivers the handle to the container. The recess also includes end portions tapered in the direction of the arcuate bend of the handle forming area.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which has utility for assembling a flexible tubular segment telescopically upon an end portion of a length of tubing when the tubing has an outer diameter which is substantially the same or greater than the inner diameter of the tubular segment. The apparatus has the capacity to controllably stretch the flexible tubular segment sufficiently to facilitate passage therethrough of an end portion of a length of the tubing. The end portion of the length of tubing is then positioned inside the stretched flexible tubular segment such that the stretched tubular segment is located a pre-selected distance from the free end of the end portion of the length of tubing. The tubular segment is then allowed to contract around the the end portion. The assembled tubular segment and end portion of the length of tubing are then ejected from the apparatus while maintaining the pre-selected distance of the tubular segment from the free end of the end portion of the length of tubing.

Abstract: A tool is provided which facilitates the installation of a standard garbage disposal unit. The tool allows the installer to set the hanger frame around the sink opening sleeve without having to hold down the sink opening sleeve while attaching the circular spring to the lower end of the sink opening sleeve. The tool of the invention has a lower portion with frustoconical side to facilitate the expansion of the circular spring. The tool also has an upper portion which is generally cylindrical and which fits up into the lowermost end of the sink opening sleeve. Snap-on devices, such as spring-and-ball detents, are disposed around the upper portion of the tool to engage the tool to the annular lip at the lowermost end of the sink opening sleeve.

Abstract: A grommet or the like comprised of elastomeric material and having a passage formed therein is placed onto a mandrel which serves to resiliently expand the cross-sectional area of the passage; the mandrel while holding the passage to the expanded cross-sectional area places the grommet or the like in an area of cold temperature to effectively freeze the grommet or the like and thereby stabilize the expanded cross-sectional area by, through such freezing, eliminating the resilient characteristics of the elastomeric material; the stabilized grommet or the like, removed from the mandrel, is then easily slid onto a related cooperating carrier wherein the outer configuration and size of the carrier is less than that of the stabilized expanded cross-sectional area.

Abstract: A support for fitting a shrinkable sleeve onto an object inside the support and the sleeve 11 mounted on it includes at least two tubular parts removed in turn from under the sleeve. It further includes means for temporarily immobilizing the last part to be removed from under the sleeve during removal of the other tubular part.

Abstract: A rubber-like molded product with a support frame includes a support frame having a predetermined shape; a connecting member constituted by a thin film or connecting ribs and engaged with the support frame separably therefrom; and a rubber-like molded product formed integrally in a region of the connecting member in such a manner as to be capable of being cut off from the connecting member. In this rubber-like molded product with a support frame, the support frame, the connecting member, and the rubber-like molded product are formed integrally by press molding or injection molding. In the assembly process, only the rubber-like molded product is cut off from the support frame and the connecting member of the integrated rubber-like molded product with a support frame by means of a pushing jig, and is fitted in a groove formed in a predetermined portion of a fitted member.

Abstract: A tool for facilitating removal of a light holder assembly from the interior of a miniature model building comprises an elongated rigid wire having an integrally-formed, U-shaped hook member disposed at its distal end and projecting at a predetermined angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the wire. The other end of the wire is secured to a handle member. The spacing between the legs of the hook is such that the hook can be made to engage the inwardly extending notches on the lamp holder's leaf spring members, allowing sufficient tension to be placed on the leaf spring member to compress it to the point where the light holder assembly can be extracted through the opening in the building's wall.

Abstract: A mandrel having a tapered surface expanding from a first dimension at a first end to a larger dimension at its second, but having a central bore larger than the diameter of a high voltage cable, is forced into the bore of a premolded or extruded high voltage component to expand, at least a portion of such bore to the diameters of such mandrel. A locking device is fixed to the component to retain the mandrel in place. In use the cable is inserted through the mandrel bore into the cover bore and the locking device released. As the cover returns substantially to its former dimensions, the hoops forces applied to the tapered mandrel force the mandrel out from the cover and it may be removed from the cable if desired.

Abstract: A kit is disclosed for use in replacing damaged hose segments of high pressure hydraulic hoses having press-fitted, straight or curved reusable end couplings. The disclosed kit includes at least one pair of support blocks; at least one mandrel having an outside diameter corresponding to the inside diameter of each hose segment to be replaced; at least one removal plate having a centrally disposed aperture corresponding to the outside diameter of each hose segment to be replaced, an elongated slot providing access to the aperture from one side of the plate, and a recess defining an annular shoulder around that portion of the aperture not communicating with the elongated slot; an adjustable pressure plate for use with hose assemblies having curved end couplings; and a U-shaped pusher bar for use with the adjustable pressure plate.

Abstract: A tool for use in removing an O-ring seal member from a grooved surface includes an elongated handle portion (12) and a head portion (14) having a rounded tip portion (22). The tip portion is insertable into the grooved surface and underneath the O-ring seal member so as to pry manually and lift upwardly the same in order to remove the O-ring seal member.

Abstract: An oil diverting unit, incorporated in a compressor housing of a refrigerant compressor for a climate control system of an automobile, cooperating with a shaft seal unit mounted on a drive shaft of the compressor, so as to divert a flow of the lubricating oil which was suspended in the refrigerant gas and has leaked out of the interior of the compressor housing, to thereby prevent the lubricating oil from reaching a solenoid clutch mounted on a front portion of the drive shaft of the compressor. The oil diverting unit has an oil blocking plate member made of elastic material so that the plate member is elastically press-fitted in the compressor housing so as to define an oil dam for holding the lubricating oil and permitting the oil to be drained from the dam through a drain passageway toward the exterior of the compressor housing.

Abstract: A tubular supporting element for supporting an elastic sleeve for covering a junction of cables which is provided with a wall which has a groove or incision directed according to a helical line and which has a radial depth from the outer surface of the supporting element less than the radial thickness of the supporting element. The incision has a mouth at the outer surface of the supporting element with a width of less than 0.1 mm, preferably less than 0.05 mm, so as to provide a strip between the incision having a substantially rectangular cross-section. Also, a process and an apparatus for making the tubular supporting element.

Abstract: A coil spring assembly is disclosed for use with motor vehicle suspension systems in which a portion of the wire coils of the coil spring is covered by a flexible hose or tube. Coil springs which could use such hoses include those having a tapered wire diameter wherein one end of the coil spring's wire has a smaller diameter than at other portions of its length. The flexible hose is made of a material which has sufficient resiliency to first be stretched as it is installed onto the wire of the coil spring, and then will naturally return back to near its original non-stressed diameter to tightly fit around the diameter of the wire at both ends of the hose. The resulting tight fit retains lubricant and anti-corrosive compounds inside the hose, and keeps moisture and dirt from entering the interior of the hose.

Abstract: A mounting tool for mounting a tubular member to the top of a fence. The mounting tool includes a generally conically shaped main body member. The main body member includes a forward axial end of conical shape. A handle is mounted transversely to the mounting member. The handle is preferably mounted in a plane offset with respect to a vertical plane of symmetry of the main body member. The main body member also includes spreader wings which are adjustable to vary the amount of spreading of the tubular member and to accommodate tubes of different dimensions. The mounting tool is inserted into an end of the tubular member and is pushed or pulled through the tubular member to aid in mounting the tubular member to the top of a fence.

Abstract: A web transporting device usable in a rotary printing press or folder, includes a rotatably driven transport roller having a fixed axis and at least one engagable nip roller having an axis substantially parallel to the fixed axis and being engagable with the driven transport roller. The engagable nip roller has a length corresponding to a maximum width of the web processable in the printing press. A removable nip sleeve is provided which is axially mounted on the engagable nip roller. The removable nip sleeve has an least one ring-shaped annular gap disposed axially along its length which allows the web to ripple as it passes through the web transporting device without causing permanent wrinkles or creases to form in the web. A counterbalancing mechanism is also provided which stabilizes the engagable nip roller in a maintenance position as the removable nip sleeve is replaced.

Abstract: A sealing system for a drive shaft extending through the hull of a vessel, the outboard end of the shaft being coupled to a propeller and the inboard end to the transmission of a marine engine turning the propeller. The system includes a bearing surrounding the shaft and an elastomeric lip seal coaxial with the shaft mounted adjacent one end of the bearing to prevent water from leaking into the vessel. The system is installed by passing the inboard end of the shaft through the bearing and the seal. Prior to such installation a protector sleeve is telescoped into the lip seal to shield its inner surface and thereby prevent damage thereto by sharp edges on the inboard end of the shaft, the sleeve having a brim which then rests against the end of the bearing. Upon completion of the installation, the sleeve is pulled by its brim out of the seal and is then ripped off the shaft.

Abstract: A tag fastening device is pistol-shaped and has a grip, in which a trigger lever is pivotally mounted on a pin mounted on the inside of the grip. The trigger lever is normally urged forward by the lower end of a swing arm pivotally secured by a pin to the grip on the inside thereof and normally pulled backward by spring means. When the trigger lever is manually actuated, the upper end of the swing arm pushes forward a piston pin to guide a plug-in part of a tag fastener from a magazine, while at the same time a slide bar is pushed forward to cut the tag fastener off a fastener assembly loaded in the magazine. The plug-in part of the tag fastener is received and guided by a curved rotary feed arm to a position where to attach it to an article after passing through a hole of a tag. Then, the plug-in part is forced into an aperture of a socket formed at the opposite end of the fastener.

Abstract: A tool for placing and securing sealing strip (11) into a joint gap (19) between structural parts (17, 18) includes a lead-in device (10) guiding the sealing strip (11) into the joint gap (19), an insertion device (8) aligning the sealing strip (11) and a contact pressure device (7) with two coextensive contact pressure faces (12, 13) for pressing the sealing strip (11) within the joint gap (19). A spacing (A) between the contact pressure faces (12, 13) transversely of their coextension is variable.

Abstract: The invention disclosed is an apparatus for automatically testing condoms comprising a retrieving mechanism to present condoms from a large batch receptacle to an orienting mechanism, the orienting mechanism to orient each condom into the same configuration and orientation, a suction mechanism to move the condoms through the apparatus, a receiving mechanism to receive the oriented condom and position each condom onto a loading mechanism, the loading mechanism for loading the condom onto the testing mandrel, a mandrel shuttling mechanism to move the mandrels to the test position and a condom testing mechanism.

Abstract: A hand held tool for the removal of vacuum hoses includes a removable grasping handle portion. An elongated slender shaft portion has a free end connected to the removable handle portion and a working end. A sharp edged, tapered, U-shaped slot is disposed on the working end of the elongated slender shaft portion. The working end has a taper for working the tool behind a hose which has its end pressed against a flush wall. A double fulcrum is provided to give a large mechanical advantage during early part of the pry to break a rubber hose free and then a smaller mechanical advantage during a later part of the pry to remove the hose more rapidly. Sharp edged, non-chamfered edges increase the surface contact area of the end of a hose and has a removable grasping handle. The sharp edged U-shaped slot for surrounds a significant portion of an exposed end of a hose so as to apply shear-type removal stress as near as possible to a frictionally resistive tube inserted in the hose.

Abstract: The tubular support for installing a contractable elastic sleeve comprises a rigid tube covered on its outside by a film having a low coefficient of friction. It also includes guide and drive means for the film which is mounted so as to be completely free relative to the tube, which means guide and drive the film around a front end and against the inside surface of the tube. The support is applicable to installing a elastic sleeve on a cylindrical element.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for removing a stopper from a material holding container. A container holder is provided for immovably holding a stopper-fitted material holding container in place. While the material holding container is held by the container holder, the fitted stopper is grasped by claw members. The grasping claw members are driven by a linear drive source and swinging motion drive source. The fitted stopper is removed from the material holding container, while applying a pull-up force and twist force to the fitted stopper.

Abstract: A method is provided for replacing an existing service pipe carrying fluid to an outlet within a property with a replacement service pipe. In the method the outlet is disconnected within the property from the existing service pipe in such a way that both during and after disconnection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. A desired length of replacement service pipe is then fed into the existing service pipe in such a way that during and after the feeding step fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. The outlet is then connected to the outlet end of the replacement pipe in such a way that during the connection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property and after the connection step fluid is allowed to pass to the outlet solely by way of the replacement pipe 18.

Abstract: Apparatus for expanding tubular members, such as U-shaped heat transfer tubes having ends thereof located in the confined space adjacent the curved sides of the bowl-shaped lower plenum of a typical nuclear steam generator. The apparatus includes an elongate mandrel having a flow channel therethrough in communication with a resilient tubular bladder surrounding the mandrel. The bladder is flexible about its longitudinal axis due to the ribbed construction of the wall thereof. The mandrel includes a plurality of segments, adjacent ones of the segments interconnected by a ball-and-socket joint therebetween, so that the segments swivel about respective ones of the ball-and-socket joints. In this manner, the mandrel flexes as it is inserted into the tube end located in the confined space defined by the sides of the bowl-shaped lower plenum of the steam generator. The mandrel also flexes as it traverses the upper U-bend portion of the tube.

Abstract: A power operation type tag pin fitting machine wherein a hollow needle is protrusively disposed in front of a main body, a push rod for pushing a transverse rod of the hollow needle and a cylinder for driving the push rod are disposed on the axis of the hollow needle, and an operation member having a portion for protecting the hollow needle is so supported as to move back and forth with respect to a machine frame, is so biased by a spring as to protrude forward, and moves back when the hollow needle is punched to pierce through a product during a fitting operation of the tag pin and automatically operates the cylinder at a predetermined position. The tag pin can be fitted to the product by merely putting the main body on the product.

Abstract: A mandrel having a tapered surface expanding from a first dimension at a first end to a larger dimension at its second, and having a central bore larger than the diameter of a high voltage cable, is forced into the bore of a premolded or extruded high voltage component to expand, at least a portion of such bore to the diameters of such mandrel. A locking device is fixed to the component to retain the mandrel in place and retain the premolded or extruded component in its expanded state. In use the cable is inserted through the mandrel bore into the cover bore and the locking device released. As the cover returns substantially to its former dimensions, the hoops forces applied to the tapered mandrel force the mandrel out from the cover bore and it may be removed from the cable if desired.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for easy and reliable manufacture of a silencer constructed with a multi-perforated inner tube and an outer tube, between which a sound-absorbing material such as glass wool, etc. is filled in, without use of a binding agent, etc. The invention is also directed to provide an apparatus for use in the manufacture of such silencer.

Abstract: A stent-loading mechanism for loading a stent onto a balloon delivery catheter of the kind typically used in typical percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures.The device comprises a series of plates having substantially flat and parallel surfaces that move in a rectilinear fashion with respect to each another. A stent carrying catheter can be disposed between these surfaces to affix the stent onto the outside of the catheter by relative motion between the plates. The plates have multiple degrees of freedom and may have force-indicating transducers to measure and indicate the force applied to the catheter during affixation of the stent.

Abstract: An apparatus for the assembly of grommets on electrical cables for use in an automatic cable-processing machine, which is simple and cost effectively constructed so as to achieve a shorter assembly time, per grommet, and utilizes a step-wise rotatable turning device which includes several mandrels whereby, in a first setting (I), always one grommet is pushed onto a mandrel while in a second setting (II) of the turning device, the grommet is pushed, via a slip-on unit, onto a thicker portion of the mandrel for the purpose of expansion, with an assembly head including a grommet-receiving portion and an expanding portion by means of which, in a further setting (IV) of the turning device, the grommet is pulled from the mandrel, whereby the grommet is held in an expanded state, using the expanding portion and pushed onto the cable.

Abstract: To safely and quickly exchange a seal of a shock strut of a selected shock absorbing apparatus of an airplane, an apparatus is provided whereby the main body of the airplane is lifted by pressurizing and extending at least one other shock absorbing apparatus in order to extend the selected shock absorbing apparatus and expose the seal thereof. A shock strut of the selected shock absorbing apparatus is then lifted away from the associated wheels so that a new seal may be inserted from below the strut.

Abstract: A tool to facilitate placement of a flaccidly flexible protective sleeve onto a hose includes a hollow tube to receive the protective sleeve thereon, and a conical end portion removably attached to the tube for facilitating sliding placement of the protective sleeve onto the tube. In use, a protective sleeve is slid over the conical end portion and onto the tube, the end portion is removed from the tube, and a hose is passed through the hollow center of the tube. The protective sleeve is then slid off the end of the tube onto the hose simultaneously as the hose is pulled through the tube to thereby transfer the protective sleeve onto the hose.

Abstract: A grip for a golf club which is completely self-contained with respect to attachment to a golf club shaft. A preformed, one-piece grip which requires no other tools, agents, equipment, or special expertise for application to a shaft. Once the grip is attached to the shaft, it is generally indistinguishable in appearance, feel, use, and permanence when compared to the one-piece, preformed grips currently in use. The grip's pre-attached, inside out state permits attachment to the golf club shaft by rolling the grip down over the shaft. In this manner, the one-piece, non-fissured structural integrity of the grip is maintained.

Abstract: A fabrication chuck for applying a thin membrane to the irregularly-shaped surface of a workpiece includes a foundation adapted to hold the workpiece in a selected fabrication position and an upper chuck assembly adapted to be fastened to the foundation. The upper chuck assembly includes an applicator that is moveably mounted so that it can be displaced towards the workpiece in the assembly chamber. The applicator has a mating surface and is adapted to selectively retain the thin membrane on the mating surface until the applicator is disposed in a position so that the thin membrane can be released and deposited in a desired position on the workpiece. The foundation is adapted to generate a differential pressure across the workpiece and the thin membrane so as to draw the thin membrane down over the workpiece so that it is in conformal contact with the irregularly-shaped surface.

Abstract: The present invention is a tool that removes hub seals from wheel hubs. The tool comprises a blade having a flat surface, a tapered surface, a flat side, a tip edge, and a handle attached to the blade. The flat side is connected to the tip edge to form a corner, which is suitable for insertion into an annular space between the hub seal and bearings on the hub. In order to remove the hub seal, the blade is inserted into the annular space, force is applied to the handle, and leverage is used to remove the hub seal. The blade is formed so as to be strong enough to withstand the force applied to remove the hub seal yet thin enough to fit into the annular space of wheel hubs.

Abstract: A method for fastening an elastic sealing ring on a pipe includes the steps of applying a base portion of the sealing ring against the circumferential surface of the pipe, and placing a clamping strap under tension around the outer face of the base portion. The clamping strap is secured to the pipe by spot-welding in at least two welding spots, the spot-welding operation being carried out with the material of the sealing ring located between the clamping strap and the pipe. A device for fastening the sealing ring on the pipe is provided which comprises, in addition to the clamping-strap supply, a movable assembly for feeding the clamping strap to the pipe; an assembly for applying the strap on the base portion of the sealing ring; a unit for spot-welding the clamping strap to the pipe; and a friction-exerting mechanism for gripping and exerting a braking action on the clamping strap.

Abstract: The pulling tool has a handle attached to a housing and a lever pivotally attached to the housing. The lever controls a feed pad which applies an upward force to a shaft which slides freely through a bore in the housing in a direction generally perpendicular to the handle. At the end of the shaft is a cone and which cooperates with at least two toothed claws which are pivotally mounted on a lower extension of the housing. Each claw is sloped on its inner edge to cooperate with the sloped edge of the upper part of the cone so that, as the cone moves upward, the claw pivots so that the toothed portion of the claw is forced outward. The cone and claws are selected to fit closely within the opening in the insert. When the lever is depressed, the shaft is lifted, pulling up on the cone which causes the teeth of the claws to penetrate the metal of the insert on its inner diameter to firmly lock into the insert.

Abstract: A driving slope of a disengaging member of a terminal removing jig is pushed into a gap between an electric contact portion of a metal terminal and a disengaging free end part of a cantilever-like flexible engagement portion of a connector housing so that the engagement part of the flexible engagement portion is pushed up. The jig is then pushed inward further so that a butting surface of a pushing member of the jig is put into contact with the front end of the electric contact portion of the terminal to move it back out of the connector housing. Therefore, it is possible to dispense with pulling out a metal terminal from a connector housing with a hand, to make it easier to remove the terminal from the housing out of it.

Abstract: A face plate for an electrical outlet having a pair of bosses each supporting, on an exterior surface thereof, a resilient elongate tubular member formed from a substantially water impermeable material for encasing a plug and the boss. The tubular member has opposed open first and second ends with the first end dimensioned to engage an exterior surface of the boss and a second portion dimensioned to pass over the plug and be resiliently expanded thereby to minimize penetration of liquid between the tubular member and the plug to achieve a substantially waterproof engagement therebetween.

Abstract: A web transporting device usable in a rotary printing press or folder, includes a rotatably driven transport roller having a fixed axis and at least one engagable nip roller having an axis substantially parallel to the fixed axis and being engagable with the driven transport roller. The engagable nip roller has a length corresponding to a maximum width of the web processable in the printing press. A removable nip sleeve is provided which is axially mounted on the engagable nip roller. The removable nip sleeve has at least one ring-shaped annular gap disposed axially along its length which allows the web to ripple as it passes through the web transporting device without causing permanent wrinkles or creases to form in the web. A counterbalancing mechanism is also provided which stabilizes the engagable nip roller in a maintenance position as the removable nip sleeve is replaced.

Abstract: A method of fitting an elastic ring on an outer circumferential portion of a workpiece includes the steps of inserting a hollow diameter-enlarging member into the elastic ring to hold the elastic ring on an outer circumferential portion of the diameter-enlarging member, in an enlarged diameter state; holding, at a holding position, the diameter-enlarging member having the elastic ring held thereon; and inserting the workpiece, which has a flange portion, into the diameter-enlarging member such that the flange portion of the workpiece contacts an end surface of the diameter-enlarging member and displaces the diameter-enlarging member from the holding position while keeping the elastic ring at the holding position to transfer the elastic ring to the workpiece by a contraction of the elastic ring from the enlarged diameter state to a reduced diameter state.

Abstract: A packing extracting tool comprises an annular body split into two parts in a plane passing through the axis of the body so that the body can be taken apart and reassembled about a valve stem. Clamping screws hold the two parts of the body together and additional screws clamp the body onto the stem of a valve being operated on. A leg extends away from one of the body parts and terminates at its distal end in a foot having a sharp blade angled downward away from the annular body. In one version the leg may be releasably secured in a dovetail-shaped connection in the body so that the blade may be adjustably spaced from the body and may, if desired, "free wheel" downward in the dovetail-shaped connection.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing an elastomeric handgrip on an article. The handgrip is initially stretched over a hollow core consisting of one or more sections that can be removed from within the handgrip using slight tension. The proximal end of the assembly is placed over the article with the distal end of the handgrip aligned with the desired position, in some cases a positioning member being used to ensure proper alignment. The core is removed by tensioning the distal end, permitting the tubular handgrip to contract progressively starting from the distal end. In one embodiment, the core is a thin flat strip wound spirally and connected along abutting edges to form a helical tear line. The free end of the strip passes longitudinally through the bore from the distal to proximal end. Tension on the free end breaks the leading edge of the tear line, causing the strip to unwind and sequentially collapse each looped segment due to the force exerted by the handgrip.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes an apparatus for laying an adhesive strip along the peripheral edges of a glass sheet positioned on a work table with a view to forming a double-glazed insulated glass panel. The apparatus comprises a handle with a housing mounted at one end thereof and includes therein a series of rollers for positioning and laying the adhesive strip on the glass sheet. A third roller, whose axis is perpendicular to the axis of each of the strip-laying rollers, applies pressure to the strip being laid.