A segmented deck is provided that is built to and extending from exterior side of a building consisting of vertical support members extending upwardly from footings horizontal deck segment members and horizontal brace members secured together and all fabricated out of durable plastic material which will not rot and splinter. A hollow railing is also provided with built-in electrical sockets and lighting fixtures.

A combustor liner segment includes a panel having four sidewalls forming a rectangular outer perimeter. A plurality of integral supporting lugs are disposed substantially perpendicularly to the panel and extend from respective ones of the four sidewalls. A plurality of integral bosses are disposed substantially perpendicularly to the panel and extend from respective ones of the four sidewalls, with the bosses being shorter than the lugs. In one embodiment, the lugs extend through supporting hole...

A method of fabricating a large area, multi-element contactor. A segmented contactor is provided for testing semiconductor devices on a wafer that comprises a plurality of contactor units mounted to a substrate. The contactor units are formed, tested, and assembled to a backing substrate. The contactor units may include leads extending laterally for connection to an external instrument such as a burn-in board. The contactor units include conductive areas such as pads that are placed into contact...

Portable boat which includes a pair of shells which may be connected end to end to form a boat, and which can be connected one atop the other to form a storage box, each shell being of double walled construction, and including a transom for connection of a propelling motor when the apparatus is used as a boat. The apparatus includes seat members which may be connected to form a storage compartment.

A capacitor in which at least one of two dielectrically-insulated metal layers is interrupted along its length by a plurality of transverse non-conductive gaps extending partway across the layer, thereby dividing the layer into a series of conductive sections each conductive section being connected to an adjacent section by a narrow metallized region that extends between the associated gap and one edge of the layer; the narrow metallized regions is adapted to act as a fuse for the section during...

Mold for vulcanizing radial tires and having fixed and movable sidewall matrices with radially movable tread forming matrices. Tread segments are carried by an annular piston housed within a chamber in the mold body. The chamber is closed by a member guiding the piston and sealing the mold cavity when the press is closed. Fluid pressure introduced into the chamber actuates the piston for selective radial movement of the tread forming matrices.

Interchangeable and replacement segment gear portions are provided for incorporation into a segmented composite gear wheel, to facilitate construction, erection and transportation of the gear and to enable rapid repair to the gear wheel upon the occurrence of damage to one or more segments of the gear. Replacement segment gear portions are dimensionally relieved at their securing faces to permit precise matching of the adjoining teeth in operative relationship. The repair of very large gears may...

In the segmented stator assembly disclosed, four teeth extend inwardly, and rectangularly relative to each other, from surrounding segments. The teeth form a bore at the center of the assembled segments. Each tooth has two parallel edges one of which extends along a line passing through the center of the bore. The centerline of each tooth is offset from the bore center. Coil-carrying bobbins are mounted on respective teeth so their axes coincide with the centerlines of the teeth on which they ar...

An apparatus for determining the position of one part, such as a movable operating head of a machine tool, relative to a reference position on another part, such as a base of the machine tool, includes an improved scale assembly on one part of the machine tool. This scale assembly includes a plurality of identical scale segments which are spaced apart and independently adjusted relative to a standard, such as a laser interferometer, so that any error in the positioning of one scale segment does ...

A road working machine for cutting into a road surface includes a power driven, cutting tooth carrying rotor comprising a plurality of rotor segments removably attached to a shaft to vary rotor width. Each of the segments includes a plurality of subsegments attached to one another and to the rotor by threaded fasteners. Rings supporting a higher concentration of cutting teeth angled toward the ends of the rotor can be secured to the endmost rotor segments for edge cutting. A cover for the rotor ...