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5060358 Apparatus and method of installing a gasket in a channel member  
Apparatus and method for installing a stretchable rectangular shaped gasket in a rectangular shaped channel member secured to a refrigerator door. A rectangular shaped frame is formed with side...
5058904 Self-contained sealing ring assembly  
A segmented carbon seal assembly for mounting into a machined housing around an application runner includes a segmented carbon seal ring, and an annular outer shell radially outside and surrounding...
5054821 Sterile sleeve/connector assembly  
The sterile sleeve/connector assembly includes a joint formed between a sterile sleeve and a connector. The sleeve is made of a tube of thin flexible material, the connector includes a hub having...
5054794 Clamping band for gaskets and the like and expansion means therefor  
An expansion band having a spanning member whose free end is provided with a locking tab for cooperation with a locking surface having a plurality of selectable locking slots. A guide channel...
5052092 Apparatus for inserting a rigid support within a contractable sleeve for electric cable joints  
Process and apparatus for inserting a rigid support in a contractible sleeve used to enclose a joint between a pair of electric cables. The support has an outer diameter greater than the...
5052695 Seal installation  
A storage and application tool for installing a seal in a gap in a device, such as an oil seal around a rotating shaft, comprises a tool, optionally disposable, having an axially extending...
5050282 O-ring insertion tool  
A tool for installing an O-ring in an inwardly facing O-ring groove in an ectrical connection includes a guide shaft and a contact member slidably and rotatably received in the guide shaft. The...
5050281 Apparatus for fitting coil springs  
Two components are interconnected with a helical extension spring. After attaching a helical extension spring to a first component, the spring is stretched to a predetermined length and the first...
5048170 Apparatus for fitting flexible strips  
A tool for fitting a channel-shaped sealing strip onto a flange running around a door opening, such as of a vehicle, comprises a body supporting a channel-shaped guide. Initially, the guide is used...
5048169 Hose-repair tool  
The invention contemplates a unit-handling tool, suitable for field use, for selective extraction or assembly of an end fitting to an end of flexible hose. The tool features a cylindrical anvil...
5046231 Device for mounting and dismounting rigid expandable sleeves  
The invention is directed to a device for axially and externally mounting an expandable sleeve onto, and dismounting the sleeve from, a cylinder. The subject device comprises an external...
5044057 Apparatus for making blasting mats  
An apparatus and method for fabricating heavy duty blasting mats. A plurality of parallel spaced curved steel rods are clamped at their lower ends in a frame so that reclaimed automobile tire...
5036571 Carrier tape and cover applying and removal devices for same  
An improved carrier tape is disclosed comprising an elongated base strip and an elongated cover strip both formed of a plastic film material. The base strip is provided with longitudinally spaced...
5029381 Robot for installing weather stripping in a door or like opening  
The field of the present invention is that of an apparatus and method of installing weather stripping in a door and like openings using a robot. The field of the present invention is also that of...
5018264 Machine for fitting seals into a groove  
A machine for automatically fitting seals, in particular external seals to a groove in the opening frame of a window or French window, comprises a frame feed, referencing and measuring system. It...
5016346 Apparatus for applying a bung seal to an electrical lead  
A leading bung seal (BS1) in a magazine (4) is picked up by a bung seal transfer clamp (8) and is positioned between a bung seal receptacle (6) and a bung seal transfer device (10), which are...
RE33591 Method of prefabricating an electrical connector  
An electrical connector utilizing a crimpable ferrule with an electrical insulation sleeve thereover, and a transparent outer sleeve surrounding the ferrule and insulation sleeve, with the...
5014407 Tube expanding device  
A tool for expanding elastic tubes which may then be placed around wires or cables. The tool includes three arms terminating in three parallel, elongated tips. Two of the arms are pivotally...
5008994 Apparatus and method for fitting a protective boot particularly for articulated joint assemblies  
A device for fitting a protective boot to a shaft member particularly in a universal joint wherein an expanding device is provided for expanding the diameter of a first collar of the boot so that a...
5007164 Method and apparatus for producing linear body with waterproof plug  
A method for mounting a waterproof plug to the front end of a covered electric wire, comprising the steps of feeding waterproof plugs to a first position of a transfer path one by one from a...
5005747 Mounting for the spiral flights at the opposite ends of a bale wrapping material spreader roll  
A wrap material spreader roll includes a smooth, cylindrical tube having spiral flights at opposite end portions thereof formed from spirally wound elongate members such as wires, or the like, the...
4999897 Lagging removal tool  
A tool for removing lagging strips from conveyor belt pulley drums is disclosed. A tool head is driven across the drum against the end of the strip, and simultaneously raises the metal clips which...
4987724 Method of packaging Christmas lighting  
A method for packaging electric wiring by using a grasping tool to assist in ensleeving the wiring in a plastic sleeve. Subsequent to ensleeving the grasping tool is disengaged. The sleeve with the...
4982553 Automatic test tube plug extraction apparatus  
A rack, with a plurality of test tubes arranged on it, in m columns and n rows, is transported into a main housing by a rack-inlet mechanism. In the main housing, tube-extracting mechanism extracts...
4979278 Devices and methods for mounting and dismounting expandable sleeves  
The invention is directed to a device for axially and externally mounting an expandable sleeve onto, and dismounting the sleeve from, a cylinder. The subject device comprises an external...
4977659 Tool for seating tubing in a concealed roofing base rail  
A tool for seating tubular members in grooves provided on each side of a base rail which is mounted on a supporting roof structure to secure the sheathing material for the roof covering the...
4961255 Apparatus for applying an insulating sleeve to an electric cable joint  
Apparatus for applying an elastic sleeve to a joint between a pair of electric cables including a tubular cylindrical plastic support with an internal bore larger than the diameters of the cables...
4958423 Water-supplying cord and a tool for inserting a hose in it  
An electricity-supplying and water-supplying cord for use in dental surgery is made of a bendable, resilient member and has at least one hole for inserting electricity-supplying wires therethrough...
4956907 Method for safely removing, storing and ultimately disposing of needles from hypodermic needle/syringe assemblies  
A needle removal and storage device for removing needles from hypodermic needle/syringe assemblies and automatically receiving and safely storing removed needles within the device. The device...
4953276 Apparatus for inserting valve seats in valve bodies  
An apparatus for inserting a resilient valve seat into a valve body, the valve body being of a type having a radially inwardly projecting annular rib which defines a bore through the valve body,...
4950317 Air filter assembly and method of putting filter element in same  
A two-piece, snap-together air filter support arrangement is provided for suspending an air filter element in a filter housing. The air filter support arrangement includes an upper-pot member, an...
4944081 Packing removal tool  
A tool for the removal of soft packing material from fluidic equipment. The packing removal tool of the present invention comprises a shaft having first and second ends, the first end terminating...
4938397 Hat adjusting technique  
A flap is inserted in a similarly shaped and sized tubular opening with the aid of a tool, slots in the flap being engaged by hooks on the tool and being entrained thereby. The tool is inserted...
4916790 Backer-rod installation tool  
A tool for forcing a backer-rod to a predetermined depth. A first rotatable wheel is rotatably mounted between the arms of a handle being extendable into a building slot to contact a backer-rod. A...
4915136 Stuffer plug quick connector assembly  
A quick connect assembly for use with tubular conduits is disclosed as comprising a housing having an axial bore for receiving one end of the conduit, an elastomeric ring-like seal is disposed in...
4910821 Screen installers tool  
A screen installer's tool for use when installing screening material in a frame. The tool is designed to be held in the hand with a knife blade at one end and a rotatable screen forming wheel at...
4907326 System for manipulation of small-diameter pipes and a processing device for vehicular brake, fuel and hydraulic lines  
In order to simplify, and to render easier, and to avoid manipulating difficulties of small-diameter pipes, which have to be separated and singled in the processing at a separating distance (6) and...
4903970 Apparatus for providing a watertight seal for manhole pipe connections including a foldable gasket and clamping band assembly and expansion means for installing the gasket and clamping band assembly  
A resilient gasket having an outer flange positioned within a manhole opening and held by a compression band. The gasket has a central opening with an enlarged beaded periphery to encircle a pipe....
4899437 Apparatus for assembling roller type universal joint and roller assembly unit  
An assembly station has plural roller assembling units mounted each aligned with one of the axes of the projections on a spider fitted to a shaft which is held in position at the station. A roller...
4899429 Screen installer tool  
A screen installer tool includes a handle, a front portion and a rear portion. A circular disk is affixed to the front portioned and a second circular disk is affixed to the rear portion, each of...
4899428 Golf club handle sleeve assembling mechanism  
A golf club handle sleeve assembling mechanism including a working table and a handle sleeve supporting and assembling unit. The woking table has a first clamp device provided for clamping a golf...
4885840 Method of attaching an insulator block with a T-slot to a coil  
A coiled resistance element is connected to an insulator block by sequentially locating and holding the coil in place; camming the coil such that two adjacent coils are forced together and the...
4884327 Boot assembling apparatus for drive shaft  
A jig body on an assemlbing jig is vertically aligned with the shaft upon which the boot is to be mounted and is movable forward and away from the shaft along an axial line thereof. A seat mounted...
4871599 Support helix for a radially expanded resilient sleeve  
A support helix for a radially expanded sleeve of resilient material which may be used as an enclosure of an elongate object such as an electrical cable, comprising a tubular base body having a...
4853075 Apparatus for automated assembly of a harness retainer stud  
The present invention relates to a wire harness retainer stud adhesively bonded to an automobile body panel. This stud is used to mount a wire harness to automobile body panels. The stud contains a...
4853730 Clamp mounting mechanism and method for photographic processing apparatus  
A photographic developing apparatus has an elastic conveyor belt and at least one clamp which is designed to be mounted on the conveyor belt and to engage a strip of photographic material. The...
4846142 Method and apparatus for releasing the tension on the bowstring and buss cables of a compound archery bow  
A compound archery bow with apparatus for releasing the tension on the bowstring and buss cables when it is desired to replace or adjust the bowstring, buss cables, or eccentrics, includes posts or...
4845822 O-ring insertion apparatus  
Apparatus for use in inserting a flexible O-ring into a groove provided in a workpiece, comprising a first piston and cylinder device provided with a hollow piston rod having a slot through which...
4843701 Apparatus of a robot for installing weather stripping in a door or like opening  
The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for installing weather stripping in a body door opening. In its preferred embodiment the present invention provides a robot which can load...
4843668 Hand tool for storing and applying O-ring seals  
In order to facilitate the application of O-ring seals to, for example, a faucet valve stem having a serrated upper end portion and a lead screw having relatively sharp edges which would tend to...