A mount for mounting a loudspeaker in a room boundary structure having an outside surface away from the inside of the room includes a frame constructed and arranged to rest on the outside surface. A spring has a first end attached to the frame and a free second end. The spring is constructed and arranged to exert a unidirectional force toward the outside surface whenever the second end of the spring is displaced from the outside surface toward the inside of the room.

A roller bearing installation, in which one or more roller bearing assemblies (30A, 30B, 30C) are prepackaged in a housing (18) having corresponding recesses (28A, 28B, 28C) receiving each bearing assembly (30A, 30B, 30C). An angled gib plate (52A, 52B, 52C) is bedded in each recess, each gib plate (52) including an inclined section (54) mating with an inclined surface (58) on a bearing assembly cover (72) to allow a bearing depth adjustment by lengthwise adjustment of the bearing assembly (30) ...

The present invention relates to a system and method for displaying information, such as a gadget or a part and for dragging and dropping the part from a web page onto a separate location on a display such that the part is instantiated at the separate location and configured based on setting information contained within a representation of the part. Data associated with the part can be downloaded from a remote site.

Apparatus for installing a sensor on a kingpin for a steering assembly, including a mount having a passage therethrough extending between opposite end portions thereof, one of the end portions being configured for mounting on one end of a kingpin in alignment with a passage therethrough such that the passage through the mount will serve as an extension of the passage through the kingpin and such that a steering axis of a wheel hub extending through the passage through the kingpin will extend thr...

Method and apparatus for installing insulation, wherein insulation carried in a roll is held by a carriage which rolls along structural members of a building, the insulation being unrolled and moved downwardly from the carriage to a vertically disposed position at the location of a wall of the building for installation. The carriage is then moved to an adjacent position and another vertical strip of insulation is unrolled and moved to a position parallel to the first strip for installation. Prov...

An impact tool is used to apply an impact blow to the underside of a portion of a roof which has been partly cut away, wherein the portion of the roof is removed for the installation of a dormer. The impact tool consists of an elongated hollow handle formed from a plurality of sections, wherein the sections permit length adjustment of the handle. A heavy weight element communicates with an upper free end of a top section and a rubber cushion element communicates with a bottom end of a bottom sec...

A method and computer system according to the disclosed invention allows the pre-installation of a software application without a license key. The computer system installs a software application and provides a prompt for a license key. The license key is stored in a registry. If the license key is not entered, the computer system installs the software application and installs disabling code. At startup, the disabling code is executed if installed, providing a prompt for a license key. If the pro...

The invention relates to an improved anchor for installing a lectern, comprising a support column (1) which is fixed to an electric cable guide (5) by means of a base (3). According to the invention, one of the lateral edges of the base (3) comprises a rib (7) which corresponds to a longitudinal recess (14) on the inner part of one of the sides of the guide (5), while the other side of the base (3) comprises a crimp (8) which can be engaged with an inner step (15) on the other side of the guide ...

A wire press-installing apparatus wherein a ram is lowered onto the joint block to press wires into rows of receiver terminals that are erected at specified pitches on the joint block of a wiring harness. The joint block is intermittently fed by a distance equal to the pitch of the terminal rows and only the predetermined wires are selectively taken out and seated into the associated rows of receiver terminals. This prevents wrong wires from being seated in unintended terminals or the joint bloc...

A tool for installing threaded inserts having a shank with a threaded stud projecting axially from a shoulder at one end for threaded engagement with the bore of the insert, a jam nut threaded on the stud and a dissimilar metal washer interposed between the shoulder and nut to reduce friction and prevent seizing between the nut and the shoulder.