A holding device for attaching, in a preferred embodiment, a window regulator channel blade to a vehicle door, the blade being subject to adjustment along three axes before final attachment to the door, the holding device including a nut having a fixed axis with respect to the door; a slider slidably engaged with the nut being adjustable with the nut along a first axis, the slider having an ear and an elbow spaced therefrom; a polymeric insert providing a nest for compliantly holding the blade, ...

A counterbalance holding valve assembly for controlling the flow of fluid from a piston and cylinder device and thereby controlling movement of the piston and cylinder device including a first stage counterbalance valve having a low sensitivity for throttling flow in a controlled fashion from the piston and cylinder device and a second stage valve having greater sensitivity than the first stage valve that also functions to control discharge flow from the cylinder device to increase the flow capa...

A holding clip made of resilient material has bent end portions for engaging and retaining an article. The bent end portions are stiffened relative to the body of the clip by stiffening members which are substantially similarly bent. The thickness of resilient material inwardly of the stiffening member is greater, at least over part of the bent end portion, than at a position opposite the said part on the outward side of the stiffening member.

Tool for placing semiconductor chips has a receiving cavity of initial cross-section similar to and slightly larger than the chip, of depth less than the thickness of the chip and a second section inward of the initial section of shape similar thereto but having a changing shape in the corner regions. Proceeding from the first section inwardly, the cross-sections of the second section have progressively smaller corner dimensions; at a cavity depth less than the thickness of the chip these dimens...

A holding unit in the form of a collar adapted to be mounted on a shaft, with a set screw mounted in the collar for securing the latter to the shaft, and with a plate-like insert mounted in the collar in position to be pressed by the screw against the shaft.

Component holding apparatus includes a base portion, a supporting portion, a connecting portion, a securing portion and a pivot control portion. The base portion includes a main section with a first sleeve section extending therefrom, the first sleeve section having an axis substantially parallel to a major plane of the main section. The supporting portion includes an elongated first rod member having one end rotatably supported within the first sleeve section and extending therefrom a short dis...

A holding strap for securing service lines to furring strips and the like wherein the strap includes a planar face panel with a generally arcuate flange extending laterally from one end thereof. The face panel including a nailing prong turned laterally therefrom to the same side as the flange in longitudinally spaced relation thereto. The flange defines a pocket opening to the same side of the face panel beyond which the flange extends.

Several embodiments of a novel closure are disclosed for closing and/or opening the neck of a container of the semi-rigid type. The first embodiment of the closure consists of a top having a elastic spring with a plurality of prongs for holding a closure top to the inside of the container. In the second and third embodiments of the closure, an elastic bulbous insert or compressible substantially wedge shaped or cylindrical shaped inserts are used to seal the opening of the container. In the four...

This is a device for receiving e.g. window frames in an approximately vertical position, tilting them and maintaining them fixed in a desired horizontal or inclined position for working thereon. The device comprises a pair of vertical supports provided with aligned bearing means in which a horizontal shaft connecting them to each other is clamped for longitudinal and axial adjustment. On the shaft are in turn adjustably clamped two transverse beams each carrying an elongated suction member havin...

A wafer holding apparatus for holding a wafer stationary includes a main body and a plate member detachably placed on the main body. The main body includes a cavity having an open end at the upper surface of the main body and includes a passageway extending from the cavity to communicate the cavity with a vacuum pump. The plate member is placed on the main body to plug the open end of the cavity and supports on its upper surface a wafer to be processed. The plate member has a number of through b...