Abstract:
Means for opening the leading flap of a carton are provided by a device having a flap opener pivotably mounted on a translating shaft, which shaft also rotates as it translates, thus moving the flap opener through a helical path; the flap opener is spring loaded such that as it moves away from its rest position, the forward portion of the flap opener drops down to allow it to get under the flap, even if the flap is level with, or below, the upper edges of the panels of the carton; as the flap opener moves forward, it rotates so that in addition to moving under and into the flap, it also lifts the flap up and pushes it over the edge of the front panel of the carton to a horizontal full open position.
Abstract:
A mold cavity defining structure includes inner wall means defining a glassware forming surface which is adapted to contact the molten glass and to thereby remove heat from the molten glass. This inner wall means also defines a second surface, spaced outwardly from the first, and which can be cooled so that heat is adapted to be conducted outwardly from the first surface toward the second surface. The mold cavity defining structure further includes outer wall means spaced from the inner wall means and defining a third surface which is spaced outwardly from the second surface of the inner wall means to define an internal chamber of generally annular shape therebetween. This chamber is filled with a porous metal filler material, comprising generally spherical particles which are brazed or sintered to one another and also to the second surface of the inner wall means, but which brazed particles also define interstices therebetween to achieve a high degree of porosity in the filler material. Means is provided for passing a coolant such as air through the porous metal filler material, and preferably said coolant is caused to pass through the chamber in a radial direction, from adjacent the outer boundary of the filler material, to the inner boundary thereof. The filler material preferably comprises generally spherical Monel beads having a diameter of approximately 3/32nds of an inch, giving the brazed filler material a density of approximately 65% that of the bead material.
Abstract:
A cylindrical lock set including an operating unit having a cylindrical housing containing a unitary retractor frame of nonmetallic, low-friction material supporting a unitary metallic retractor slide. A latch unit releasably connected to the operating unit includes a case supporting a latch bolt releasably connected to the retractor slide by a female tailpiece. Coengageable cam surfaces on the tailpiece and on a deadlocking member carried by the latch bolt positively drive the deadlocking member to a deadlocking position relative to the case if an attempt is made to forcibly depress the latch bolt as by insertion of a tool between the outer edge of an associated door and strike plate. The operating unit also includes a locking mechanism for locking a rollback against rotation relative to the housing.
Abstract:
Containers are fed by line pressure through a plurality of resilient guide rods, which rods are bent to define a helical path for the containers, and novel means is provided for supporting these guide rods at bulkhead stations along this helical path. Each bulkhead has an opening through which the containers can pass, and a series of hexagonal openings provided adjacent the container opening in each bulkhead are adapted to receive soft plastic plugs which can be clamped in these hexagonal openings to support guide rod supporting members each of which is mounted in a predetermined angular relationship with respect to the plane of the bulkhead.
Abstract:
Precut and prescored tray blanks are stacked in a magazine, and pivoted vacuum cup means is adapted to withdraw the lowermost blank from the stack by moving the blank downwardly to a delivery position. Control means is provided for operation of the vacuum cup to move it from and to its pick-up position in engagement with the lowermost blank in the stack, the vacuum cup being vented to atmosphere when it reaches the delivery position. A continuously driven roller is adapted to receive the leading edge of the blank in this delivery position and a back-up roller swings on the axis of the driven roller so as to pinch the blank therebetween and to feed it downstream against a stop. Side guides loosely receive the edges of the blank as it moves against the stop, and inturned end portions of these side guides actually deform the side edges of the blank to hold it into position against the stop where it is engaged by mechanism associated with the tray forming apparatus.
Abstract:
An adjustable magnetic door holder comprises an electromagnetic unit and an adjustable strike support which includes a base and an armature or strike plate. The strike plate is adjustably coupled to the base by a ball and socket joint carried by a cylindrical member supported for limited angular movement and axial translation relative to the base whereby wide variation of adjustment between the strike plate and base may be attained to facilitate precise alignment of the strike plate with the electromagnetic unit.
Abstract:
Refrigerated display equipment is provided with a refrigerated space having an access opening for customers at the front thereof together with separate air duct means through which air is passed from inner and outer return air inlets to inner and outer air discharge means for establishing an air curtain moving across said front access opening and embodying at least two layers of air at least the inner one of which layers is refrigerated air. The equipment is further provided with an access opening for service personnel at the rear of the refrigerated space and the air duct means through which air is passed from the return air inlets to the air discharge means each include a portion which is located adjacent the access opening at the rear of the refrigerated space.
Abstract:
Two mutually perpendicular light beam patterns are directed across a continuously moving conveyor toward an array of light sensitive devices arranged in pairs for inspecting the silhouette of articles on the conveyor. The leaner inspection circuitry includes a pulse generating and counting means capable of providing two signals indicative of the degree of lean of an article in two mutually perpendicular directions. These signals, or series of pulses, are squared, respectively, and then summed to be compared to some predetermined acceptable range.
Abstract:
An apparatus for installing insulation on a U-shaped metallic body member to form an insulated staple. The apparatus receives both the U-shaped body member and a section of tubing, and assembles the tubing on the body member so that the staple can be driven into a supporting object and attach a conduit captured by the staple to the object without having direct physical contact between the metallic body member and the conduit. The apparatus assembles insulating tubing on the U-shaped body member so that the portion of the member which receives the blows of a hammer during a stapling operation is openly exposed and the inner periphery of the U-shaped member adjacent the captured conduit is entirely covered by the walls of the tubing which provides the insulating characteristics. The apparatus is adapted to install a standard plastic tubing on a conventional staple body member and, thereby, produces inexpensive, insulated staples efficiently.