A compression tool (10) crimps both cylindrical (12) and "H" type (75) connectors. The jaws (22) of the compression tool have a first part which is defined by a nib area in which there is a nib (44) on either jaw and a base nib (46) which is moved into the nib area by a yoke (36) which is in turn moved by a manually operated hydraulic section (18) of the tool. Operation of the hydraulic section causes the nibs to converge upon a connector placed therebetween to effect the crimp. Alternatively, a...

A holder for bottles and vials of different sizes comprises a hollow cylindrical support with flexible ribs extending inward partially to a center axis. The ribs extend longitudinally and are spaced around the periphery of the hollow cylindrical support so that their inner edges are also spaced to form a support for a test tube, vial or bottle and are deflectable to accommodate various sizes of test tubes, vials or bottles.

A mechanism for registering sheets of different sizes relative to a station which includes a surface for receiving a sheet, and a registration member located along the surface and extending toward the station for guiding the sheet toward the station. A first urging guide extends along the surface in spaced relation to the registration member. A second urging guide rotates about an axis parallel to the guide and below the platen between an operational position and an non-operational position. Whe...

A loose assembly of parts which are not secured is moved from a pallet on a conveyor to a banding station. The assembly may vary in size and a machine readable tag on the pallet bears the size information. A transfer apparatus reads the tag and adjusts a clamp size to fit the assembly. An elevator lifts the assembly from the pallet to the clamp and guide fingers hold the assembly together during the transit. The clamp is suspended from an overhead trolley which carries the clamp and assembly to ...

A staple forming mechanism having at least first and second configurations. The staple forming mechanism including a bend surface having a first surface width in the first configuration and a second surface width in the second configuration for forming staples having first and second crown sizes, respectively. The forming mechanism also includes at least two side portions spaced apart by a first former width in the first configuration and by a second former width in the second configuration. The...

A microinjector uses bubbles as virtual valves to eject droplets of different sizes. The microinjector is in fluid communications with a reservoir and has a substrate, an orifice layer, and a plurality of nozzles. The substrate has a manifold for receiving ink from the reservoir. The orifice layer is positioned on the top of the substrate so that a plurality of chambers are formed between the orifice layer and the top of the substrate. Each of the nozzles has an orifice and at least three bubble...

A stapler has a staple magazine with a plurality of staple clips. Each clip is designed to hold a different staple. The desired staple size is selected by rotating an indicator until a staple magazine contacts an inserted stack of paper. Once known, the desired staple clip can be selected by unlocking the staple magazine for rotation about a suspension rod until the desired clip is above an anvil. The magazine is locked, and a staple is punched therefrom. The act of locking, selecting and unlock...

A staple forming mechanism having at least first and second configurations. The staple forming mechanism including a bend surface having a first surface width in the first configuration and a second surface width in the second configuration for forming staples having first and second crown sizes, respectively. The forming mechanism also includes at least two side portions spaced apart by a first former width in the first configuration and by a second former width in the second configuration. The...

A security system is configured to use a variable length encoding of a security identifier for segments of protected content material. In this system, a distinction is made between a "zero" information bit, and the "absence" of the information bit in a shorter information item. A conventional N-bit information encoding is encoded as a variable bit encoding, wherein the information encoding ranges from N-k bits to N+k bits. By distinguishing "zero" bits from "absent" bits, this variable bit encod...

A system and a method selectively switch between two different voltage supplies supplying a common node. A first of the voltage supplies is coupled to the common node by a first switch and a second of the voltage supplies is coupled to the common node by a second switch. The switching device comprises: a feedback network comprising a high-pass filter for filtering a signal at the common node and outputting the filtered signal as a feedback signal; a timing controller coupled to at least one of t...