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Cooper Industries, Inc.

Artos Engineering Company

David M Bueschel

Kenneth A Wollermann

Richard J Boreen

Harper F Zarker, Jr

Barbara J Boreen

A small plastic storage box is particularly adapted for the storage and display of trading cards and includes an open-topped container for edgewise receipt of a stack of cards and a sliding cover to close the box and enclose the cards therein. The container also includes upwardly opening slots around the side walls into which individual trading cards can be inserted edgewise and which are visible from outside the box through the transparent plastic walls. The box also includes a modular construction whereby identical boxes can be interconnected for expanded storage capability.

Transparent storage box for displaying trading cards

The blown fuse indicator is mounted to one of the opposed ferrules of a fuse and ejects a streamer therefrom in response to a blown or open fuse condition. The streamer is a strip of vinyl which is secured at one end to a plunger held within a housing mounted on one of the ferrules, and at its other end to a container which is ejected from the housing by the plunger in response to a fuse opening whereby the streamer unfurls to indicate the fuse is blown and open.

Flagged blown fuse indicator

A programmable apparatus for automatically stripping insulation from a wire end being conveyed by a wire conveyor, thereby leaving a portion of exposed conductor. This apparatus includes an insulation cutting mechanism for transversely cutting the insulation. The cutting mechanism includes opposed blades having facing cutting surfaces, at least one of those blades being movable toward the other by a blade closure device. To effect stripping, the cutting mechanism is moved away from the wire end after the cut is made. The apparatus includes a stepper motor for adjusting for the size of the wire and the thickness of the insulation. Another stepper motor is provided to control the length of the stripped portion. As the cutting mechanism is moved, a blade holder holds the cutting blades in position. A slider rod is connected to the holder and slidably engaged in a support frame connected to the conveyor. A cam is connected to the slider rod by a first cam follower and rotatably connected to the support frame for moving the slider and thus the blade holder to any one of a number of predetermined positions as required to effect stripping of the wire end. Finally, a prime mover is provided for rotating the cam respective to the support frame, thus actuating the stripping mechanism. A stop latch is provided for stopping the rotation of the cam at a predetermined zero position of the cam rotation.

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Menomonee Falls, WI, United States of America

David M Bueschel