A socket (10) for torquing nuts and bolt heads includes adjustable jaws (18) biased in an outward radial direction by associated helical springs (22) whose inner ends are engaged with a seat preferably embodied by a ball (20). A support member (16) includes slideways (30) that mount slides (24) of the jaws (18) for inward and outward adjusting movement, and each jaw (18) has an inwardly facing engagement surface inclined with a slight inward inclination in an axial direction away from the slide ...

A trim press including relatively movable trim die assemblies for engaging opposite sides of a plastic sheet to sever articles integrally formed in a sheet of plastic. An article ejector is mounted on the moving die assembly. Mechanism is provided for moving one of the trim dies in a to-and-fro reciprocal path and amplifier mechanism is provided for moving the article ejector relative to the moving trim die.

An access resolver is disclosed for use in an associative memory containing a plurality of storage locations in an ordered arrangement. In response to an associative search operation all storage locations containing data matching an associative search criterion are identified as candidates for accessing. The resolver selects for accessing the candidate location which, according to a predetermined criterion for the ordered arrangement, is nearest to the location last selected for accessing.

An eating utensil adapted to be conveniently packaged with vendable foods and easily formed to a shape for aiding the consumption of the packaged food product. The utensil is a thin blank having a rectangular portion and a rounded end portion. The rectangular portion is formed with fold lines dividing it into three long narrow areas. The portion is folded along the fold lines to form the handle and snap fasteners formed on opposite edges of the rectangular portion interlock to hold the areas in ...

An access resolver is disclosed for use in an associative memory containing a plurality of storage locations in an ordered arrangement. In response to an associative search operation all storage locations containing data matching an associative search criterion are identified as candidates for accessing. The resolver selects for accessing the candidate location which, according to a predetermined criterion for the ordered arrangement, is nearest to the location last accessed.

A game which includes a playing platform that is fixed to one end of a stiff spring, the other end of the spring is fixed to a playing piece receiving base. During the play of the game the contestants are directed by a chance mechanism, as by cards drawn from a pack, to deposit or remove playing pieces from the balanced platform. The platform has a plurality of playing piece receiving pockets which are interconnected at a point above the point of connection of the platform to the spring. The pla...

A bolted connection, e.g., for fastening a cylinder liner and cylinder head to an engine block, includes a long stud having threaded engagement with a hole in the block, an integral flange on the stud situated partly within a counterbore in the block hole but extending above the block surface, a flange on the cylinder liner bearing down on the stud flange, and a nut on the outer end of the stud bearing against a cylinder head which, in turn, clamps the cylinder liner to the block. A compressible...

This invention relates to a fastener pin for making an interference fit with the cylindrical wall of a hole in a metal workpiece, and to a joint produced by this fastener pin together with the metal workpiece. During the insertion of the fastener pin into the hole, a temporary and localized expansion of the wall to a diameter greater than that of the shank with which the interference fit will be formed is caused. This temporary and localized expansion is to such an extent that the metal immediat...

A piston includes an insert, such as a piston ring insert or crown insert. In order to prevent the insert springing off the piston body in an axial direction, the insert is so formed with a recess or recesses which interlock with projections on the piston body so that the mechanical interlock between them holds the insert securely on the piston body. Further interlocking recesses and projections may be provided which are arranged to prevent relative rotation between the insert and the piston bod...

A track-laying tractor drive track is composed of a plurality of sections which each include a link and a grouser bolted together in sandwiching relationship to a pair of side-by-side disposed flexors. The flexors each include a plurality of superposed, resilient plates encased in an elastomeric material. A lost motion connection between the plates and the link and grouser acts such that tensile loads are simultaneously carried by at least two plates both when the flexor is flat and when the fle...