Abstract: A quick-clamping nut for permitting rapid engagement with an externally threaded member, such as a bolt, with a minimum of turning to lock a first member to a second member, the second member carrying the threaded bolt. The nut includes a tubular housing having a pair of elongated, similarly configured segments carried therewithin, the segments each including outer ends having an internal thread formed therein. The elongated segments also include outwardly facing tapered surfaces, and inner ends that are secured to the tubular housing and that carry biasing means to urge apart the outer ends of the segments.

Abstract: An improved drop-ceiling support system for supporting ceiling tiles and lighting fixtures comprises hanger members attached to and extending downwardly from an original ceiling and arranged at aligned intervals along parallel rows, inverted U-shaped carrier channel members adjoined end-to-end in parallel rows and attached to the hanger members, and main runner members adjoined end-to-end in parallel rows transverse to the rows of carrier channel members and snap-fitted beneath and into the carrier channel members.

Abstract: A nut which is lockable on a threaded element comprises two annular parts (1, 2) connected by preferably resilient members (5). Locking takes place by tightening a screw (6) arranged in a threaded bore in one nut part and abutting against the other nut part. During tightening of the screw, the parts (1, 2) are displaced and/or skewed in relation to each other whereby locking takes place on the thread.

Abstract: Disclosed is a snap lock assembly which may be mounted on a shaft without passing over an end of the shaft. The assembly comprises two segments which are sized and shaped to encircle the shaft and which snap lock with each other. The shaft may be a rod, a bolt, or the like and; the assembly may be a nut, a washer, or the like.

Abstract: A quick action tensioning nut of the type used to fasten a vehicle wheel on the mounting shaft or axle of a wheel balancing machine. The quick action tensioning nut has at least one pre-tensioned, somewhat semi-circular and radially movable thread segment which is mounted rotatably in the body of the nut. The thread segment is rotatable around an axis of rotation that is parallel to the mounting shaft, and the axis of rotation for the thread segment penetrates the fixed end of the thread segment. The nut also has a thread segment locking mechanism that locks the thread segment in a tightened state on the shaft. In order to release the thread segment from the tightened state, the end of the thread segment opposite the fixed end has a recess into which a thrust member can penetrate to rotate the thread segment away from locking engagement with the mounting shaft. The thread segment is constantly urged to rotate radially inwardly toward the mounting shaft by means of a spring.

Abstract: This quill stop device is designed to replace the old-type quill stop devices used on milling and other machines, such as drill presses. Primarily, it consists of a threaded shaft, having a ring with a cut-out opening in its side, so as to be placed quickly and removed on the machine, for setting depth limits, and the ring is made of nylon material, so as to engage the threads of the shaft frictionally at all times.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a pantagraph type jack in which one of the support portions for supporting an actuating bolt forms a bolt-receiving nut. This bolt-receiving nut is equipped with a dump nut which is composed of a tapered bore and nut segments, and an actuating member which is composed of an actuating ring and a sleeve formed with openings, so that the turning operation of the actuating bolt can be omitted.

Abstract: A screw-actuated dispenser comprising a receptacle for accommodating a cartridge containing viscous material such a caulk, grease or the like. The receptacle has opposing endwalls between which the cartridge is confined. An elongate drive screw is threadably engaged with a threaded opening in the rear endwall and is extensible within and retractable from the opening and relative to the body by rotation. A slot extends partially along the length of the body and connects with the rear wall opening. A wedge is positioned in the slot, expanding the opening and urging the threads on the drive screw and those within the opening out of engagement with the screw such that the drive screw is freely slidable longitudinally relative to the receptacle. To engage the drive screw in the opening, the slot is compressed by a sleeve extended over an extension of the rear wall on opposite sides of the slot.

Abstract: A split nut assembly for mounting on a threaded stud or shaft without passing over the end of the stud or shaft. The assembly consists of a nut divided into two equal parts and a shell equally divided. The shell when assembled fits over the nut so that the assembly can be rotated and tightened together. In a separate embodiment, lock nut capability is provided by providing tapered surfaces on the shell and the nut to force the latter radially against the stud or shaft while the assembly is tightened in place. In another embodiment, a press fit arrangement is provided.

Abstract: An assembly for attaching a re-entry vehicle to its booster with a high preload force includes a split nut and a split band for encompassing the nut and retaining it in a collapsed condition in which it forces the booster against the re-entry vehicle at the desired preload level. The split band is held in an assembled condition about the nut by a plurality of separation bolts and a plurality of yieldable belleville washer and bolt assemblies. Actuating the separation bolts allows the band to move to a disassembled condition and the split nut to an expanded condition. However, the rate of their movements is controlled by the spring rate of the belleville washers whereby the preload is released in a gradual manner.

Abstract: An extractor for the flanged tubular ferrule which surrounds the head of the barrel lock of a kilowatt-hour meter comprises an actuating screw and a two-piece clamp. The clamp has a threaded hole and two recesses of different diameters, the larger of which is adapted to fit around the flange of the ferrule and the smaller of which is adapted to fit around the body of the ferrule. To remove the ferrule, the two pieces of the clamp are fitted over the ferrule and then fastened together by bolts. Then the actuating screw is screwed into the clamp until the inner end of the screw abuts against the head of the barrel lock which is inside the tubular ferrule. Continued rotation of the actuating screw in a tightening direction causes the clamp to move outwardly on the threads of the screw and in so doing the captive ferrule is pulled out of the cover housing. Following removal of the ferrule, the barrel lock itself may be removed by a barrel lock extractor, preferably of the type described in my U.S. Pat. No.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a split gland laterally fittable over tubing. Two essentially mirror image half glands are juxtaposed, held together by a spring clip and aligned by a retainer.

Abstract: A wheel balancer having a threaded shaft with a free end for receiving a wheel to be balanced and a drive for rotating the shaft to a wheel secured thereon so as to enable the obtaining of data relative to imbalance of the wheel as the wheel rotates. A locating device is provided for engaging a wheel on the shaft to locate the wheel properly thereon and a nut is utilized in connection with the shaft for holding the wheel against the locating device. The nut includes apparatus for selectively moving the nut threads radially inwardly into engagement with the shaft threads and radially outwardly out of engagement with the shaft threads so that the nut may be rapidly advanced on or removed from the shaft without rotation when the nut threads are out of engagement with the shaft threads.

Abstract: An assembly which may be mounted on a shaft such as a rod, bolt, or the like. The assembly includes a first member which comprises at least two segments and a retainer or locking member which interlocks with the segments when the segments are placed around the shaft to retain the segments on the shaft. The retainer also comprises at least two segments such that the first member can be used on a shaft on which the ends are non accessible.In the illustrated embodiments, the first member is a nut, and, after positioning on the shaft, the nut can be rotated and tightened in the manner of any conventional nut.

Abstract: For a plumbing trap, such as under a sink or other similar installations, a split slip nut and seal assembly for joining two tubular members such as pipes or tubes one within the other; wherein a split seal is inserted between the tubes laterally and then a slip nut formed in two split sections is applied on a threaded male sleeve surrounding the tubular members and the seal to compress the seal and to secure the tubular members together. The split sections of the nut are fastened together by releasable fasteners engaged on opposed lugs projecting from the split nut. When access to the trap is desired, the split slip nut and seal assembly avoids the necessity of dismantling the entire installation as is required with conventional slip nuts.