A record pad of paper sheets includes a number of stacked sets of sheets. Each set comprises a quadrate top sheet having top and bottom faces and for receiving indicia on its top face and having a first edge; a quadrate record sheet having top and bottom faces and for receiving transferred indicia from the top sheet on its top face, and having a first edge extending generally parallel to and outwardly from the first edge of the top sheet to define a margin; a transfer mechanism (such CF and CB c...

A pad, suitable for spacing the bottom of a railway rail from a rail foundation on which the rail stands, comprises a plate-like rail-supporting portion (1), made of cushioning material, having an upper main face supporting the rail and softer, resiliently-deformable, sealing portion (3) located at a peripheral region of the lower main face of the rail-supporting portion (1). When the pad is placed on a rail foundation and a rail is placed on the upper main face of the rail-supporting portion (1...

Vise jaw pads are disclosed which cushion the jaws of a vise and protect the surface of a workpiece gripped in the vise. Each of the pads is formed from a piece of flexible material such as flexible PVC, has an L-shaped cross section, and a length about equal to the width of the vise jaw. The pads each have magnets attached to the back, concave surface to secure the pads to the vise jaw. The front, convex surface of the pads is adapted to increase the gripping ability of the pads with respect to...

An absorbent pad of non-woven fabric having high absorbency and integrity has on one side a layer of binder material for providing a surface having an absorbency reduced with respect to the remainder of the pad, the remainder of the pad being free of binder.

A wear pad assembly is provided for machine tools or the like in the form of a generally frusto-conical pad member having a support surface on its base to receive a work piece and a base having a frusto-conical opening supportingly receiving the apex end of the pad member and a threaded attachment member removably connecting the apex end of the pad member with said base. The support surface is preferably knurled or otherwise toothed and hardened to hold a work piece against slipping.

An applicator pad for an automobile polish having a resilient foam core covered by layers of heat-sealable film and outer fabric. The edges of the fabric are adhered together by the heat-sealed edge of the film.

Cleaning pads for cleaning a hard surface with a cleaning implement are provided. A cleaning pad can have distinct high friction region(s) and low friction(s). A cleaning pad can also have distinct hydrophilic region(s) and hydrophobic region(s).A method of cleaning a floor surface with a cleaning implement and a cleaning pad by applying a cleaning solution on the floor surface while the implement and the pad are not in contact with the floor surface and then wipe the floor surface with the pad,...

Self-leveling pad assemblies are described having novel backing disks, a cushion layer in contact with the backing disk and a skin covering the cushion and at least one surface of the backing disk. The novel backing disks have an outer collar and a channel at the collar's base about the collar's inner circumference that provides the disk with an enhanced flexing region. The outer collar provides sufficient support for the pad's sealing surface, maintains an even tension on the pad's skin, has su...

A pad is provided for use on a machine for the polishing of silicon wafers which allows the use of optical detection of the wafer surface condition as the wafer is being polished. This accomplished by constructing the entire pad or a portion thereof out of a solid uniform polymer sheet with no intrinsic ability to absorb or transport slurry particles and which is transparent to the light beam being used to detect the wafer surface condition by optical methods. Polymers which are transparent to l...

In an egg production facility for producing eggs for hatcheries, having a plurality of nests adjacent a conveyor belt for transporting freshly laid eggs from the nests, a nest pad having a tongue extending outwardly thereof and overlaying the conveyor belt to facilitate movement of fresh eggs from the nest to the conveyor belt.