An automatic machine tool includes a head having a rotatable spindle and a head-mounted motor for directly driving the spindle. The head is slidably mounted on a main housing by means of a pair of parallel dovetail engagements, the position of one dovetail track member being selectively adjustable transversely along the housing. A main cam inside the housing translates a cam follower secured directly to the head to slide the head in opposition to a bias force exerted against the head by a fluid-...

A method for positioning an indicium for printing on substrate. The indicium can be an IBIP type indicium and the substrate can be the surface of an envelope. The substrate has printable and complementary unprintable areas and a reserved clear area where printing is possible but unacceptable. The unprintable area is determined as function of printer characteristics and substrate dimensions. If the indicium overlaps the reserved clear area the indicium is modified by shifting portions of the indi...

A machining apparatus to locate a plurality of the depressions within the periphery of a spider in a vehicle wheel assembly, the depressions being divided into a plurality of groups of depressions, the spider being fixedly positioned by its mounting holes upon an indexing plate, a plurality of separate drilling units to form the depressions, each drilling unit to form a particular depression within each depression group.

A multi-station apparatus for drilling closely-spaced holes in a plurality of workpieces while individually supported by a turntable. A frame supports the turntable with their axes of rotation extending vertically such that two of the turntables lie within one of two spaced-apart vertical planes and the two remaining turntables lie within the other vertical plane. Parallel line shafts extend horizontally below the turntables and carry bevel gears that mesh with other bevel gears secured to the t...

A postage meter comprising print means for printing a postage imprint including a posting date on an article of mail to be posted, an adjustment system for adjusting the posting date printed by the print means and including a processor connected to a calendar clock to receive a current date and controlling the print means to cause a postage imprint to be printed with a current posting date established on the basis of the current date. The processor is also programmed to prevent the postage impri...

A mechine tool includes a movable work table assembled of a base part defining first clamping surface and of an exchangeable table part defining a second clamping surface levelled with the first one and being movable in guideways on the base part; a pallet changer having a rotary table provided with guideways aligned with the guideways on the work table unit supports pallets in the form of the exchangeable table part so that a workpiece can be clamped on one pallet while another workpiece on a s...

A method and apparatus for printing an information-based indicia program (IBIP) postage in a computer printing subsystem is disclosed wherein a third-party word processing software with mail merge capabilities generates text and a matching address as the input for a client application in high-volume document processing and mail systems without programmatically altering the word processing program to accommodate the printing subsystem. Addresses are validated and corrected in the printing subsyst...

This automatic machine is intended for machining workpieces in order to reduce their want-of-balance, notably in the case of small or medium series of rotary parts. This machine, adapted to balance dynamically these parts, comprises a measuring station and a plurality of machining stations disposed on a common circle, and a central rotary device having a vertical axis and disposed centrally of said stations for transferring simultaneously all the parts from one station to the next station in the...

An apparatus for positioning a bowling ball during a drilling process and method that provides reproducible orientations of the ball for accurately modifying and repeating the drilling process is described. The apparatus affixed a bowling ball while exposing a sufficient portion of a surface of the ball where middle finger, ring finger and thumb holes are to be drilled. The apparatus positions the bowling ball for drilling holes of varying pitch without requiring the ball to be removed from its ...

A postage printing system, comprising a computer, a data center, a control system and a redemption center. The computer is in operative communication with a printer for printing a postal indicium on an envelope. The data center is in operative communication with the computer, which in turn is located remotely from the data center. The data center includes a plurality of user accounts and a plurality of advertiser accounts where each of the plurality of advertiser accounts includes respective ad ...