Abstract: A deformable sheet material at least partly comprising a sheet metal or metal foil which is corrugated, e.g. by rolling, in continuous waveform in two directions (A, B) substantially orthogonal to each other. The sheet material can comprise aluminum foil with a thickness between 0.005-0.4 mm designed as a ribbon or a strip which prior to the rolling is folded in the longitudinal direction where an intermediate layer, e.g. of aluminum, can be placed between the two material layers.

Abstract: A flexible multilayer metal structure includes using multiple layers interlocked to form folds holding the layers together. These folds can extend into non-edge portions of the multilayer structure so that the multilayer structure defines air gaps that aid in producing a heat-shielding effect.

Abstract: Provided is an energy absorbing member which makes it possible to induce contraction and deformation into a form of bellows, with Euler's buckle being restrained. An energy absorbing member comprises a hollow extrusion which is made of an aluminum alloy and has an outer portion and an inner rib connected to the outer portion, and the radius of the corner where the rib and the outer portion are connected to each other is not more than a half of the thickness of the rib. A similar energy absorbing member has plural inner ribs which are connected to the outer portion and cross each other, and the radius of the corner where the ribs cross each other is 1 mm or less.

Abstract: A composite panel is formed by bonding together at least two overlying sheets of metal. The method comprises performing a first corrugating operation on each of said sheets, and positioning said sheets in overlying relationship with the corrugations of each sheet extending in a common first direction and the corrugations of each sheet nested into those of the other sheet. The method also comprises performing a second corrugating operation arranged to produce corrugations which extend in a second direction which is inclined at an angle of at least 10.degree. to said first direction. Each sheet is formed into parallel upstanding ridges separated by troughs. The troughs in each sheet are received within the ridges of the other sheet. The troughs have reentrant side walls and the ridges vary in width along their length.

Abstract: Powder coating compositions are described containing a blend of ionomers and polyethylene copolymers which fuse at temperatures of about 150.degree. C. or below and are durable, weatherable, solvent-resistant, and thereby provide transparent protective coatings on substrates such as signs, particularly traffic signs and license plates.

Abstract: A ready-to-use metal wire comprising microalloyed steel with a structure almost entirely made up of a cold-hammered annealed martensite is disclosed. The wire diameter is of at least 0.10 mm and at most 0.50 mm, and the ultimate tensile strength of the wire is of at least 2800 MPa. The method of producing said wire comprises deforming a wire rod, performing a hardening heat treatment on the deformed wire and heating it to an annealing temperature to cause the formation of a structure almost entirely made up of annealed martensite. The wire is then cooled and deformed. Assemblies comprising at least one such wire, and wire or assemblies used in particular for reinforcing pneumatic tires, are also disclosed.

Abstract: An improved honeycomb body having a perimeter which encloses the cross section of the honeycomb body. The honeycomb is formed by folding a strip of metal foil back and forth upon itself to provide folds, the foil having corrugations whereby the corrugations maintain the spacing between the folds. One end and only one end of each fold terminates on the perimeter of the body, the cross section of the body being completely filled with folds. The honeycomb body has increased structural and mechanical integrity and is especially useful as a catalyst support for preparing an automotive catalyst.

Abstract: A forge/swage formed three dimensional multilayer metal foil shield having areas therein where the layers are in a spaced apart relationship, areas therein where the layers are tensioned or stretched, and areas therein where the layers are compressed and interlocked together by folding, rolling, wrinkling, curling, coiling, crimping and the like. The multilayer metal foil shield is formed by forge/swage shaping in an appropriate mold apparatus a preform of a stack of metal foil layers having gaps between the layers. The gaps are provided by embossments in the layers or may be provided by spacers between the layers. The forge formed multilayer metal foil shields have utility as heat shields and acoustic shields, particularly on vehicles. The forge formed multilayer metal foil shields are mounted on automobile underbody areas, such as the bottom of the floor pan of the passenger compartment, to provide heat and sound insulation.

Abstract: A termite barrier for masonry buildings having a concrete slab. The barrier consists of a profiled sheet of termite resistant material which is set into the slab and the masonry wall during construction. The profiled sheet has movement resisting deformations and one or more regions of curvature which resist sheer fracture of the barrier. Preferred profiles are Z-shaped and T-shaped.

Abstract: A metal support for exhaust gas cleaning has a metal honeycomb core body fabricated by laying a planar sheet on a corrugated sheet and rolling the laminated sheets into a cylindrical configuration. The corrugated sheet has sinusoidal shaped portions having a wave height which is sufficient to contact the adjacent planar sheet and square wave portions which have a wave height which is insufficient to enable contact with the adjacent sheets. The square wave portions have corners which project out beyond the sinusoidal shaped portions and produce agitation and disturb the flow of gas and to induce an increase in the contact efficiency between the gas and surfaces carrying catalytic material. The planar sheet is not limited to continuously flat sheets and can include flat surfaces formed by zigzag or square wave shaped members. These members can be perforate and or made of a mesh material.

Abstract: An informative card, such as a baseball trading card, has a rectangular shape and is made of a single thin sheet of metal in such a way that it is free of pointed corners or exposed raw edges. The informative card has four rounded corners and a double-thickness frame defined by a folded lip which has four straight edges and four rounded connectors joining the straight edges at the corners. The folded lip provides an unbroken radiused peripheral edge bordering the card. A central display panel of the card is offset rearwardly to form a raised ledge on the front side of the card surrounding the central display panel.

Abstract: A plate-type catalytic converter includes a holder device and plates being coated with a catalytically active composition, being held one above the other in the holder device and extending in a main flow direction. The plates include first and second adjacent plates forming at least one reaction chamber. At least the first plate has an approximately corrugated first structure oriented obliquely relative to the main flow direction for deflecting a flow medium flowing along the first structure from the main flow direction.

Abstract: Scoreline, profiling and reinforcing features are provided for an easy-access sheet metal end closure (20) and an integral opener (44). An endwall panel (28) is formed so as to substantially eliminate flexing of the sheet metal during rupture of residual metal of scoreline means defining a U-shaped tear strip (30). Such tear strip is oriented with its arcuately-shaped closed end (32) contiguous to the periphery of such endwall panel -with scoreline legs (34, 35) directed toward a portion at its geometric center (26). The opener is fabricated with a chisel-point (92) at its working end (66) to initiate puncture of such arcuate-shaped scoreline by Class I lever action. Rupturing of the scoreline is followed by pivoting of the opener about a pair of fulcrum points, (82, 83) which contact the panel one each external to a, side of opening 62, with movement of the opening about such fulcrum points rupturing the scoreline legs by Class; II lever action.

Abstract: A locker door and frame assembly including a one-piece locker door having integral box beam supports at the extreme side edges of a central rectangular panel of the door and including hinge means directly connected to one marginal area of one of the integral box beam supports and to an adjacent side frame member of the frame for pivotally connecting the locker door to the frame through one of the integral box beam supports. A single-point latch system is located adjacent the side edge of the door remote from the hinge side for use in locking the door to the frame at only a single point spaced intermediate the opposed end edges of the door. The box beam supports can be of a number of different cross-sections, and most preferably the box beam support adjacent the hinge side of the door is wider than the box beam support adjacent the latch side of the door.

Abstract: A stamped, steel insert for use in metal die cast articles. The insert includes first and second interconnected stamped steel insert halves spaced from one another at certain locations to define a void. Openings communicating with the void extend through each insert half to facilitate material flow and to improve interlock of the insert and die cast material. The edges of the insert lie below the surface of the casting to avoid bimetallic machining. The insert halves cooperate to define a pair of elongated passages, which are bored following die casting to form fastener holes. At least one of the passages has an elongated cross section to allow for expansion and contraction of the insert during casting.

Abstract: Two metal plates are joined together by curling, where projections are formed in advance at an edge of one of the two metal plates and those projections are forcibly advanced into an edge or the other of the two metal plates so as to interlock the metal plates without any mutual displacement therebetween and not requiring any positioning of projections or cut and raised portions with respect to holes.

Abstract: A continuous strip of sheet metal is progressively lanced and then expanded by coining rolls to form an expanded ladder-like reinforcing strip. The strip has laterally extending parallel spaced bars integrally connected on one side by a coined solid spline and on the other side by a coined spline lanced to form slits at longitudinally spaced intervals. The strip is roll-formed into a U-shaped channel which is fed into an extruder head for reinforcing an extruded resilient weatherstrip having a tubular portion projecting from the embedded continuous solid spline and a retaining wall portion reinforced with the embedded lanced spline.

Abstract: Disclosed is an energy absorbing structure (10) for decelerating an object that impacts the structure. The structure has at least one energy absorbing member (20). Each member includes a stranded structure such as expanded metal (22) which provides the energy absorbing structure (10) with the characteristic of energy absorption according to a near square wave characteristic.

Abstract: A corrugated metal sheet for covering a wall, ceiling or roof, the metal sheet having longitudinally extending edges defining therebetween a width of the metal sheet, and the metal sheet having a corrugation including first grooves extending along the edges and parallel thereto, and second grooves extending regularly over the width between the first grooves, the second grooves extending transversely to the first grooves.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plurality of two piece wear buttons that insert into the blade of a guillotine and protect the surface of the guillotine as it slide in U-shaped channels within a cheese block forming unit. Each wear button comprises a male portion and a female portion, each portion configured to fit into opposite sides of a through bore drilled in the surface of the guillotine blade. The male portion is provided with an outwardly tapered extension or neck which snaps into an inwardly tapered recess defined within a cylindrical member on the female portion of the button. Each portion is also provided with a lip such that when the male portion and the female portion are joined together within the through bore, the lips overlay the through bore and inhibits product from seeping into the through bore.

Abstract: Continuously cast beam blanks having an adjusted flange shaped to provide an (Aw/Af) ratio for direct rolling as-cast into an entire range of finish products in a family of structural shapes.

Abstract: A one-piece dunnage bar for a dunnage rack of the type used to store and transport parts within an automotive factory. The dunnage bar includes integral inner and outer C-shaped portions roll-formed from a single piece of structural metal. The inner and outer portions each include overlying wall segments that cooperate to define the mouth of the C shape. The thickness of each of these wall segments is one-half of the thickness of the remainder of the walls so that the pancaked wall segments have a combined thickness approximately the same as that of the remaining walls.

Abstract: A liquid distribution system with improved resistance to leaking is provided by bolting trough members to sump members using an internal flange formed on the trough members by folding inwards end portions of the sides and bottom of the trough and welding the folded-in end portions.

Abstract: A spacer for use in connecting the edges of two or more panes of insulating glass, panel walls or the like. The spacer is extruded as one material and is formed with retaining lips (external and internal). The present invention improves actual window systems by having an innovative shape of material providing a precise thickness, a new technique of spacer frame preparation, novel external lips to increase the strength of assembly and being capable of being utilized in most of todays multi-pane glazing assemblies. The body of the spacer is made of Polyvinyl chloride(PVC) with an appropriate mineral type filler providing better insulation, ease of production techniques and low cost of production. Together these innovations provide exceptional insulation, adhesion characteristics and weather resistance when utilized with proper sealant and desiccant material.

Abstract: A self-stabilizing extrusion for closure assemblies, including awnings, canopies, and displays having an elongated hollow frame substantially rectangular in vertical cross-section with inside and outside surfaces which is constructed of a top wall perpendicularly connected to parallel side walls terminating in perpendicular flange members parallel to the top wall. A slot opening is formed between the flange members for the receipt of closure material. The side walls are also interconnected by a slot base to which the closure material is affixed. A base support is provided between the slot base and the inside surface of the top wall. The slot is defined by the slot opening, the inside surfaces of the side walls below the slot base, and the slot base. The top and side walls may also include a plurality of stabilizing recesses and stabilizing notches. The corners are also equipped with stabilizing recesses.

Abstract: A metal member having at least one edge formation, and a web extending from the edge formation, a plurality of generally triangular openings formed in the web at spaced intervals, the triangular formations being alternately reversed relative to one another, a plurality of generally diagonal struts extending between adjacent triangular openings, edge portions along either edge of the web portion, with the struts extending from one said edge portion to the other and merging integrally therewith, flange formations formed from the web around the generally triangular openings, and lying at an angle thereto, whereby to form the diagonal struts with a generally channel shaped cross section, and forming intermittent flanges along the web edges at the base of each triangular opening, the triangular openings defining generally curved corners, and, generally three-sided indentations formed in the web edge at the roots of each of the diagonal struts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a metal fixation insert for stiffening the fixation zone of a part of plastic material on a support. This metal fixation insert is made of rolled steel which is perforated.

Abstract: A spacer for use in connecting the edges of two or more panes of insulating glass, panel walls or the like. The spacer is extruded as one material and is formed with retaining lips (external and internal). The present invention improves actual window systems by having an innovative shape of material providing a precise thickness, a new technique of spacer frame preparation, novel external lips to increase the strength of assembly and being capable of being utilized in most of todays multi-pane glazing assemblies. The body of the spacer is made of Polyvinyl chloride(PVC) with an appropriate mineral type filler providing better insulation, ease of production techniques and low cost of production. Together these innovations provide exceptional insulation, adhesion characteristics and weather resistance when utilized with proper sealant and desiccant material.

Abstract: There is disclosed a reinforcing element for reinforcing a solidified fluid mass such as concrete or refractory comprising an elongate shank having a slot extending along at least a portion of the length of the shank. The slot increases the surface area of the shank and increases the aspect ratio of the element to more firmly bond the element in the mass. Anchoring portions are provided at the ends of the shank and have a width greater than the diameter of the shank.

Abstract: Ultra-high strength galvanized steel strip is produced from martensitic, plain carbon, steel strip which is pre-treated by induction heating rapidly or by fluxing, then hot dip galvanized and tempered, and then cooled to stop further tempering. The resulting galvanized steel strip has a microstructure comprising tempered martensite, a tensile strength substantially greater than 120,000 psi (827 MPa) and a coating weight substantially greater than 30 g/m.sup.2 /side.

Abstract: An elongated retainer for use in a linear motion guide unit is provided. The retainer has a generally U-shaped cross sectional shape and formed with a recessed portion at each end thereof. The recessed portion is engageable with a corresponding stopper provided at each end of the guide unit so that the effective stroke of the retainer is increased by a sum of the depths of these two recessed portions.

Abstract: A clip for joining end pieces of weather stripping in abutting relationship to form a continuous loop. The clip forms around an attachment portion of the weather stripping such that it does not interfere with the use of weather stripping in sealing. A pair of barbs hold the two pieces of weather stripping in abutment.

Abstract: A continuous strip of sheet metal is progressively sheared with longitudinally spaced and laterally extending slits to form opposing U-shaped tabs having corresponding edge portions and successively connected by corresponding center portions of the strip. In one embodiment, the sheared strip is fed between first and second overlapping sets of power driven pinch rollers which progressively grip the edge and center portions, respectively, and the second set of pinch wheels is longitudinally offset and driven at a higher peripheral speed to produce precisely uniform expansion of the strip by deforming the U-shaped tabs into V-shaped tabs. A hot melt adhesively impregnated flexible filament is progressively attached to the expanded center portions of the strip while the strip is heated to form a continuous center connection. In another embodiment, the strip of opposing U-shaped tabs is expanded into opposing V-shaped tabs by coining or thinning a connecting center portion of the strip.

Abstract: A flexible metal conduit and fabrication method where a thin metal ribbon is arranged in a helix about a central axis. The ribbon defines helically extending corrugated inwardly and outwardly facing conduit surfaces formed by alternating ridges and valleys extending parallel to the ribbon edges. Ribbon edge locking structure secures abutting ribbon convolutions together and comprises first and second confronting parallel ribbon edge flanges extending at least a substantial length of the ribbon. The flanges are lapped and tightly rolled together to form a two ply spirally curved wall defining a tube whose central core has a generally circular cross sectional shape. The tube is disposed adjacent a convolution surface and extends along a helical path parallel to the abutting convolutions.

Abstract: In a known process, oxide powders derived from the four-component systems yttrium-barium-copper-oxygen or lanthanum-strontium-copper-oxygen are mixed, pressed, sintered, ground and then heat-treated to produce a superconducting material which can be shaped to the desired cross-section. According to the invention, the powder is compacted by isostatic pressing and the blank so obtained is extruded at a temperature.gtoreq.500.degree. C. to form a metallic sheath with a deformation ratio of at least 50%. The extruded blank is then converted to wire or strip. The current-carrying capacity of the high-temperature superconductor is improved by the extrusion and the resulting alignment of the crystallites. The process can be implemented using known high-temperatures superconducting material.

Abstract: An article comprises a bent strip 2, the ends (4) of which can be rotated relative to each other to cause the strip to change its shape. One embodiment of the strip is initially in the shape of a split circle. Rotation causes the strip to adopt an intermediate complex shape and then a double circle shape. One application of the invention is as a statue.

Abstract: A welding and backing ring arrangement for the connecting of two cylindrical enclosure parts of a flameproof enclosure of an electric cell having stacks of electrodes arranged symmetrically to the weld seam is described. The ring consists of a rectangular hollow profile section (box profile) with an outwardly directed, approximately equatorially arranged collar. The ring is advantageously produced from two identical ring halves which are connected mirror-invertedly and the meridian cross-section of which has a hat profile. To relieve the weight, the axially perpendicular areas may be provided with breakthroughs. The wall thickness of the welding ring is to be approximately 50% of the wall thickness of the flameproof enclosure.

Abstract: A cable shielding system is disclosed wherein corrugated metal shielding has its edges bent to a predetermined configuration prior to being formed about the cable. Upon being formed around the cable, the sheathing with the pre-bent edges forms a closed passage way within the seam for receiving an adhesive. The pre-bent edge configuration reduces the possibility that the edge of the metallic sheathing will damage an externally applied plastic sheath.

Abstract: An improved strengthening or reinforcing member is provided, particularly an automotive vehicle door bar or beam. The bar comprises an air cooled, hot rolled section of high strength alloy steel having a minimum tensile strength of about 150,000 lb/in.sup.2 and a total elongation of at least about 7.5%. In a preferred embodiment the steel comprises about 0.16 to 0.21% carbon, about 1.8 to 2.1% manganese; about 1.2 to 1.4% chromium; about 0.7 to 0.9% silicon; and the balance essentially iron. A clip element may be mounted on the bar to retard or prevent spreading of the flange portions of the section during bending. By securing or fixing the clip element to the section, a substantial improvement in load carrying capability is obtained.

Abstract: A flexible foil product formable into a disposable broiler pan comprises a pleated sheet of metal foil having its pleats folded over throughout their lengths. The broiler pan is formed by folding side edges of the sheet upwardly and then manually raising the pleats to form food-supporting ridges. The pleated foil is dispensable either from a roll or it can be packaged in flat sheets.

Abstract: In a vacuum-tight picture-reproducing device having a flat glass faceplate and a metal tray-shaped back case with an outwardly curved bottom and a continuous flange, the flange has a perpendicular extension. The faceplate has end surfaces embraced by the extension and lies on the flange. The end surfaces of the faceplate and the flange with the extension are permanently joined together by a silver-containing tin-base solder. The joint may be covered by a metal layer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a novel shell such as used in the manufacture of can ends, and to a method and tools for making such a shell. A non-circular blank having rounded corners is cut from thin metal. The blank is oblong in a direction transverse to the grain of the metal. A first set of tools separates the blanks and forms a substantially flat central panel and an upward-extending chuck wall about the edge of the panel to produce a partially formed shell. The junction area between said panel and said chuck wall has a relatively large radius of curvature at this time. A second set of tools forms in the blank a lip extending outward from the upper end of the chuck wall and generally parallel to said panel; then the panel and the chuck wall are separately gripped, followed by relative movement between the panel and the chuck wall while wrapping the junction area around a forming punch to form a panel wall in said junction area extending upward from the inner part of said chuck wall.

Abstract: A sheet of expanded metal lath has expanded longitudinal edge margins between which the metal sheet is selectively expanded transversely of the sheet length to define plural parallel rows of trapezoidal openings having long sides of about one inch and widths perpendicular to the long sides of about 7/32 inch. Between the selected rows of the openings, the sheet defines corresponding ones of plural rib constructions, each of which has a generally "Z" transverse cross-sectional configuration having substantially parallel non-coplaner and non-overlapping rib edge portions interconnected by a rib central portion disposed oblique to the rib edge portions. Where the unexpended thickness of the sheet is substantially 0.015 inch, the expanded metal sheet has a weight of substantially 1.8 pounds per square yard. The article has about 70% "openness", yet has adequate resistance to bending about lines across its width due to the configuration of the ribs and the sheet edge margins.

Abstract: An antenna reflector comprising a face skin of graphite fiber reinforced epoxy (GFRE) material is coated with a layer of chromium. The chromium is then coated with aluminum and a protective coating of silicon dioxide is then deposited over the aluminum. The chromium has a thickness sufficiently thin to provide good coverage of the pores of the GFRE material and to minimize distortion causing poor bond due to differences in the coefficient of thermal expansion of the different materials in the presence of temperature cycles. The aluminum is sufficiently thick to provide good reflecting characteristics to minimize the polarizing effects of the graphite face skins.

Abstract: A rolling mill for making endless bands, preferably by cold working precipitation hardenable stainless steel, includes a stationary central work roller and a pair of moveable work rollers, each carried by a corresponding carriage. The movable work rollers are backed by intermediate and drive rollers so as to be stiff in response to bending forces. The drive rollers provide rotary motion to all rollers. By elastically distorting a preform and then rolling it in the peripheral direction, the band is cold worked to a desired thickness. The preform may be obtained by parting an annular ring from tubular stock. Subsequent precipitation hardening of the cold worked band produces a stainless steel band having enhanced strength and endurance, and which is free of welds and similar discontinuities while exhibiting stress relieved edges rather than stress concentrated edges.

Abstract: A method of forming Y shaped support structures by diffusion bonding and/or superplastic forming wherein layers of metal capable of diffusion bonding and/or superplastic forming are placed in a sandwich-like assembly having a top, bottom and intermediate layers, the layers having been selectively coated with stop-off. The sandwich assembly is subjected to sufficient pressure and heat to diffusion bond and superplastically form the sandwich assembly into a Y shaped stringer or support structure. The layers and/or a reinforcing member are selectively coated with stop-off so as to form at least two Y shaped support structures.

Abstract: A novel and improved, expanded metal is disclosed along with novel and improved products incorporating such expanded metal. The expanded metal is formed from a piece of sheet metal which is lanced in nested arrays so that when the metal is expanded, diagonal legs are connected to the remaining portion of the sheet metal by folds. After the expanding operation, the legs are substantially coplanar with the adjacent portions of the piece of sheet metal, and the only material deformation of the metal occurs along the folds. The illustrated legs and adjacent projections, which are connected to the legs by folds, are curved so that the centers of the legs have a maximum width. The expanded metal is illustrated incorporated into various types of framing members used to position interior panels of building structures, such as drywall studs, floor tracks for drywall construction, and intersection tracks. Also disclosed are grid tees for suspension ceilings and wall molding members for suspension ceilings.

Abstract: A stiff ring useful for such purposes as electric motor housings. The ring is a single piece, usually having a ratio of diameter to wall thickness less than about 40:1. The ring consists of a single piece of steel cut from a continuous strip having a tongue at one end and a recess at the other. These have interfering tapered locking segments to prevent separation, and are interlinked with one another. The process for making the ring comprises forming the strip in a U-shape around a cylindrical mandrel by interaction with a first half cylindrical die part, and then while holding the bent strip with the mandrel and first die part pressing the free ends so that they symmetrically pass along the inside surface of a second semi-cylindrical die part with the interlocking ends of the strip shaped and riding the die in such a manner that the tongue and recess inter-engage one another with a minimum of physical interference.

Abstract: A composite profile member includes two metal profile bars and at least one thermally insulating, one-piece insulating bar which engages into a clamping groove of the metal profile bars. The insulating bar is fixed in the respective clamping groove by its hook-shaped groove webs which are pressed against the insulating bar, with corresponding centering means being provided at the insulating bar and in the respective clamping groove to assure dimensional accuracy when the groove webs are pressed on. The centering means in the bottom of the respective clamping groove is a centering groove which has a trapezoidal cross section that widens in the direction toward the insulating bar and the centering means in the parts of the insulating bar which engage in the clamping grooves are members which have a trapezoidal cross section that becomes narrower toward the metal profile bars so as to engage in a centering manner in the respective centering groove.

Abstract: A truncated conical segment is made by the steps of longitudinally welding two pieces of metal, then contour rolling the weldment to preferentially reduce one of the pieces of the weldment more than the other. This provides a skewed trapezoid shape which is then 3-roll formed into a ring having a conical shape. The angle of the cone is a function of the preferential reduction in the second contour rolling step.