An apparatus for correspondingly rotatively orienting each of a series or succession of similar and relatively flat or dishlike articles having generally curved outer peripheries such as, for example, lens blanks for spectacles or other types of eyeglasses, and for stacking predetermined quantities of the oriented articles of said series or succession in rows for delivery to a station such as an article inspection station.

Apparatus for receiving a multitude of similar elongate articles, such as lengths of rod or tubing, from a plurality of conveyors which deliver such articles to an article delivery station, and for longitudinally orienting said articles with corresponding ends thereof in alignment with each other and delivering the articles in their oriented arrangement to a second station for operations to be performed thereon.

Apparatus and a method for dismantling and reassembling cells, e.g., for press loads in which the sheets are pivoted about one side to expose workpieces which are then removed, and fresh workpieces are inserted in their place on lowering of the sheets.

A reagent container for use in a sample and reagent transfer system is of sector shaped configuration and has a generally vertical curved outer wall, generally vertical side walls that are disposed and angled to one another, a generally horizontal top wall with two ports through which two probes may concurrently be inserted, a generally horizontal bottom wall that has a well portion below and aligned with one port in the top wall, and a dry well channel that is open at its bottom and aligned wit...

Apparatus and a method for dismantling and reassembling cells e.g., for press loads in which the sheets are pivoted about one side to expose workpieces which are then removed, and fresh workpieces are inserted in their place on lowering of the sheets.

The grab comprises a hollow cylindrical body which is connected to a suspension and control unit and in which grappling claws are displaced simultaneously between a position of engagement with a load to be handled and a position of disengagement therefrom. Each claw is supported by two parallel metallic rods which are fastened together along their entire length or only at one end. At least one rod which is of hollow construction, is connected at one end to the exterior and at the other end to a ...

An air cargo pallet handling technique utilizing a mobile aircraft loader, pallet dollies having unpowered pallet transfer surfaces, and a dolly-maneuvering tractor having a hitch for side coupling with the dollies, the loader having a powered extractor to operate the transfer surface of a dolly positioned at the loader.

An air cargo pallet handling technique utilizing a mobile aircraft loader, pallet dollies having unpowered pallet transfer surfaces, and a dolly-maneuvering tractor having a hitch for side coupling with the dollies, the loader having a powered extractor to operate the transfer surface of a dolly positioned at the loader.

A take-up machine having a rotating spindle on which a tube is releasably clamped for winding of a strand of yarn onto the tube to form a yarn package. The machine automatically threads the strand of yarn onto the spindle to start winding of the yarn onto the tube and, if desired, first winds a tailing end about an end of the tube, and then winds a body of yarn on the tube to form the yarn package. A variable speed spindle drive is automatically operated at a manually pre-set constant speed duri...

A breakage lever assembly and assembly control for a winder has an electromagnet connected in circuit with an electronic yarn clearer for withdrawing the breakage lever from contact with an advancing strand of yarn when the clearer detects that the yarn is advancing normally. When the clearer detects that the yarn is not advancing normally, the breakage lever is released for movement to a position in the normal yarn path and thereupon performs all of its normal functions in conjunction with the ...